dual screen setup in ubuntu with Intel HD graphics

Question

I have a ubuntu machine with integrated Intel HD Graphics with 2 monitors plugged into the two ports provided. With this setup both the monitors have exaclty same output. I needed to extend the X server's functionality to support one more screen so that when I run some application it runs either on screen0 or on screen1.

To do this I added a file name monior.conf in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d directory but does not work for me. The file looks like this:

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier    "DualScreen"
    Screen        0 "Screen0"
    Screen      1 "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0" 
EndSection 

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier    "Monitor0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier    "Monitor1"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier    "Card0"
    Driver        "intel"
    BusID        "PCI:00:02.0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier    "Card1"
    Driver        "intel"
    BusID        "PCI:00:02.0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier    "Screen0"
    Device        "Card0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier    "Screen1"
    Device        "Card1"
    Monitor        "Monitor1"
EndSection

But this doesn't work. The output of xrandr is as following:

Screen 0: minimum 1280 x 900, current 1280 x 900, maximum 1280 x 900
default connected 1280x900+0+0 0mm x 0mm
   1280x900        0.0*

What I need is two screens independent of each other and windows can not be moved between them. Please help me to get this done.

Answer 1

Your answer is here. At the time of this writing, this site is down, but fortunately, The Grand Way Back Machine still has it.

This works for me, but unfortunately GNOME 3 does not support multiple X screens.

To Summarize, the necessary steps to get two X screens on intel graphics are:

• Two Device Sections with

  • Option "ZaphodHeads" "yourdevice"
    • yourdevice as given by xrandr
  • Option "AccelMethod" "sna"

• Two Screen Sections referring to the Device Identifiers

This is my (almost-minimal) sample config

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen         "Screen0" 0 0
    Screen         "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "intel"
    BusID          "0:2:0"
    Option         "ZaphodHeads" "eDP1"
    Option         "AccelMethod" "sna"
    Screen         0
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device1"
    Driver         "intel"
    BusID          "0:2:0"
    Option         "ZaphodHeads" "DP1"
    Option         "AccelMethod" "sna"
    Screen         1
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen1"
    Device         "Device1"
EndSection