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After Connection second display window manger/unity fail to start

I am running 13.04. AMD RV710. Dual 1900x1200. I installed on a single display and when I added the new one I got a lot of oddities. One is that one reboot sometimes I just don't get a window ...
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Three monitors connected to AMD 7970, only HDMI works

Just made a clean install of Ubuntu 13.04 64-bit on my desktop machine with an AMD 7970 graphics card installed. I use a 24" Samsung screen that is connected via DVI as my primary monitor, a 19" ...
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While using 3 monitors, the third one just displays a TTY

I'm using the VGA and the DVI outputs of my ATI RV516 XT Radeon X1600 SE to connect two monitors, which works (finally). Now I have a third monitor and I´ve heard, that you can use your onboard VGA ...
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Graphics driver for ATI FirePro 2770 not working properly on 12.04

I'm running Ubuntu 12.04, and I'm having the following problems: My monitor is not detected properly. In System Settings -> Display it says Laptop even though it is a desktop PC (a fairly standard ...
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Have to set multiple displays on every start

I have a HP DV7 with an ATI graphic card and I have a Samsung monitor connected to the laptop. Every time I turn on the laptop the displays are mirrored and I have to go to the Catalyst control centre ...
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Monitor flickering ATI

I'm using ubuntu 12.10 on laptop samsung with randeon hd 6620g (APU A8), when I run amdcccle -version it says 2.18, not sure if that's the correct version. My problem is that I have and external ...
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Dual monitor Ubuntu 12.04 - only one monitor works at a time

Let me preface this by saying I've been searching and hacking at this for a week. I've tried everything that I've ready (that I understand) on the site here and plenty of other sites. I've been a ...
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External monitor blanks (as if cable broken) with ati open-source drivers

This seem to be exactly the same question as Laptop VGA monitor (ati card) blanks ~every 30 seconds, but since that question is closed, I have to ask it again and hope for the better. My HP 8510p has ...
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Dual monitor extended desktop setup randomly falling back to mirror mode

I just have this strange behavior and couldn't find out what is wrong. Anyone ever saw this kind of error? I checked the xorg log, but wasn't able to identify any obvious error. My setup: Notebook ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 - Multimonitor - Office Use - Update AMD drivers?

I am on a triple monitor 12.04.2 64-bit (and will stay till the next LTS). I have an ATI 5850 with the AMD catalyst drivers installed (fglrx), version 12.10. I do not play games. The only thing I ...
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3 monitors with ATI card

So I wanted to go back to Linux (Ubuntu) after been using windows for a while and went ahead and installed Ubuntu. The problem that I got was I couldn’t use it the way I wanted, I have a 3 monitor ...
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Both graphics cards show up with lspci, but I can only use one card (AMD/ATI)

Here is the output from lspci: $ lspci | grep VGA 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV370 [Radeon X550] 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices ...
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Laptop with AMD GPU, howto set a definitive brightness

The hardware: Sony SVE171A11M Intel Core i3 AMD Radeon HD 7500M/7600M Series 1600x900 screen The problem I start the system, I set the screen brightness to 100%. When I restart, the brightness ...
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Mouse error with multiple screen

12.04 here using ATI/AMD proprietary drivers. When I move mouse from 2nd screen to main screen I get the mouse icon corrupted as shown in the image. My graphic card is *-display ...
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AMD Video Cards: Force full-screen game to one monitor?

I have a AMD Radeon 7850 and a dual-montior setup, configured in the AMD Catalyst Control Center (amdcccle). My monitors are configured to act as a single screen (3360x1050). However, when I launch a ...
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Mac Pro with ATI RADEON 5770 - Ubuntu 12.04 x64 and 3 monitors

Does anyone know whether I'll be able to run 3 monitors on my Ati Radeon HD 5770 with latest version of Ubuntu. I'm completely new to running Ubuntu as my operating system, but after today's disaster ...
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Mix AMD and Nvidia cards in X?

Is there a way to use 2 monitors on an Nvidia card and an extra monitor on an AMD card? Acceleration would be fine, but fbdev would also suffice.
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Laptop display is not detected

I have a laptop with hybrid video system - Intel+AMD 7700HD and an external monitor connected by HDMI. My laptop display is not detected until I unplug and plug in back HDMI cable, the same issue on ...
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Dual Monitors constant changing of resolutions

I've been having a strange issue with Ubuntu 12.10 and dual monitors. When I boot up for the first 30 minutes of use the display settings change, for example sometimes my laptop monitor will change to ...
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Display difficulties with Ubuntu 12.10, Dual Monitors, and ATI HD 5800

I have the ubiquitous and difficult display problems. I have a very limited understanding of everything regarding graphic display mechanics, and Gnome specific terms, so please let me know if you ...
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Screen Resolution and ATI HD6850 Drivers Ubuntu 12.10

I am running dual monitors with an Sapphire HD6850 graphics card. My main monitor a 22" flat screen plugged in with a DVI port gets full 1680 x 1080 resolution. My second monitor is stuck at 1024 x ...
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Dual monitor with ATI

I'm running 12.04 dual booted on a Dell Inspiron i17R with an ATI 5400. I'm trying to get an external monitor (Dell UltraSharp U2412M) to act as a second display. When I connect it to my computer, it ...
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HDMI only works when running off battery

I've installed Ubuntu 12.10 and when I plug it into HDMI I get visual but not audio (I tried troubleshooting this and ended up hurting myself more than I helped and had to reload the OS). That's fine ...
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3 monitors and 2 video cards (intel and ati)

I've moved to ubuntu from windows 7. In W7 I had 3 monitors on 2 graphic cards. 2 monitors work from ati card and 1 from intel card. In ubuntu I can't make it to work like before. Now works only 2 ...
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How do I get my panasonic viera TV to work as second monitor in 12.04?

When I connect my panasonic viera P50GT50 with a DVI 2 HDMI cable, I get no response on the viera. I am using Unity Desktop. when I open the displays panel, I see that the second monitor is ...
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AMD Video Card not allowing other resolutions than default with AMD 12.11 driver

![enter image description here][1]I've installed Ubuntu on my home system, trying to take the step to using it full time instead of Windows! My problem is that I can't seem to get my AMD video card ...
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Ubuntu shutting down unexpectedly

I experienced some issues with my acer travelmate 5730 shutting down when I tried to install ubuntu 12.04... However I managed to install it and after a few updates the shutting down stopped... But ...
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Amd Raedon 7950 HD with 3 Displays verry slow

my dream is to play Flightgear on 3 Displays. Therefore I have the following machine: Intel® Core™ i5 CPU 760 @ 2.80GHz × 4 8 GB Ram Amd Raedon 7950 HD 3 Displays each running with 1920x1080 I ...
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Best triple head display setup

I'm currently running Ubuntu 12.04 with a darn good triple head display setup. I've got a VisionTek 900530 Radeon HD 5450 512MB DDR3 PCI Express video card that has two DVI outputs and one Mini ...
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Dual monitor resolution OK for one user, but garbled for a new user

Ubuntu 12.04 on PC with ATI card using built-in drivers. Gnome classic (no effects) A dual monitor setup works perfectly for admin user A, with both screens showing at 1280 x 1024. New admin user B ...
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dual screen doesn't work on ubuntu

I'm not an expert in Linux but I'm currently try to learn it myself. Unfortunately I'm stuck here. So, I'm using Ubuntu 64-bit ( with Unity desktop ) on a laptop. I get stuck when I try to plug ...
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Ubuntu Dual Screen Using Virtual Machine - AMD GPU

I've been searching online and reading tutorials and etc about how to make my ubuntu VM dual screen(x86_64). I have first tried to run these commands: sudo aticonfig --initial -f which gave me the ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 triple monitors… so close!

I'm trying to set up 3 monitors using an ATI Radeon HD 5450 and an NVidia 9600 GSO. I know mixing manufacturers is not desirable, but these were the cards I had laying around. After a few days of ...
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Graphic driver problem

I have FireGL V7600 with propriety driver (AMD catalyst), and I am not able to setup dual monitor. The AMD catalyst does not let me to change anything for dual monitor setup. I tried to change ...
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AMD multimonitor display problem

Firstly, I just got a new AMD radeon 7870. Before I was using an Nvidia 450 gts. I have 4 monitors connected to my GPU. Via the "Additional Drivers" program I installed "ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX ...
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Dual graphic (between graphic card and mainboard graphic)

Can I do the dual graphic (use two same monitor, the monitor 1 is next to monitor 2, monitor 1 use the graphic card, monitor 2 the mainboard graphic) on Ubuntu? What driver I should install to do the ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 Unity wont start when I activate Xinerama with 6 screens

I have 2 video cards. 1X HD7850 (main video card) 1X HD6450 I have installed the driver for ATI AMD Beta 12.11 from AMD website It works very good.. And than, I go in AMD Catalyst Control to ...
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Display settings changes automatically with dual monitors in 12.04 and 12.10 AMD

Dual monitors works fine, except that the settings suddenly change. This happens very often, sometimes several times in a few minutes. It is very irritating having to set the settings again each time. ...
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xrandr crash when second monitor is --right-of or --left-of using Radeon drivers [closed]

When I connect a second monitor to my HP Envy 14, it appears in xrandr and can be enabled with: xrandr --output HDMI-1 --mode 1440x900 However if I attempt anything but mirroring, for example ...
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Do I need the ATI driver or open source for dual monitor setup (ATI HD 4350 - 1GB PCI-e) in Pear Linux 12.04?

I think I covered my question in the title. Right now both monitors are mirrored (both 19" at 1440x900). I guess what I need to know is do I need the ATI proprietary driver or will the open source ...
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Can't enable third monitor on second graphics card

I had a system running 12.04 with a Radeon HD4870, and had the monitors correctly setup. I installed a second video card (Radeo HD5700), and can't get the default Monitor app to detect the monitor. ...
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Notebook Dual Monitor Setup - wallpaper resolution changes on restart or relog

On every relog or restart the wallpaper resolution on my external monitor is downgraded to the resolution of my smaller notebook panel. As a result, crisp and clear backgrounds, such as the ones ...
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Dual Monitor Configuration, Maximizing spreads between monitors

I connected an external monitor (dell ultrasharp 18 inch) to my laptop (laptop screen 15.4 inches). When I maximize a window in any monitor, it immediately spreads between both monitors in an uneven ...
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Kernel panics when attempting to use non-mirrored dual monitors w/ ATI x1900

I think it may be related to this bug, but I'm not sure. I took a picture of the kernel panic with my phone, and here's the (I think) interesting part of the panic: Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal ...
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System changing display configuration on its own account - from dual monitor to mirror

My machine is a 13" notebook connected to a 22" external monitor. Using AMD CC I set it up so that the notebook screen is my primary monitor and the 22" my secondary. If I am planning to watch a ...
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How do I remove ATI video drivers? [duplicate]

I have a Radeon HD4850 video card and two monitors. When I try to activate the drivers from the "Additional Drivers" app, it either fails or it will not let me use two monitors. I downloaded the ...
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Different backgrounds on 3 monitor set-up

I currently have a 3 monitor set-up using an AMD HD6870 card. All monitors are 1920 x 1080 and in a 16:9 configuration. However 2 are orientated as landscape whilst one is in portrait. The way I ...
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Dual Monitors Won't Work

I am running version 12.04 LTS with the additional driver installed for my graphics card; HIS Radeon HD 5450 Silence 1GB DDR3 HDMI HDCP. I have an LG (don't know model) and a Dell (also no model) ...
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ATI and multi monitors support on-the-go

I'm having trouble finding the right settings for having a decent multi monitor support when i'm connecting extra displays or projector to my laptop with an ATI card. The option Monitor in the list ...
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Need a PCIe desktop graphics card for dual-monitor

I have a mid-2008 workstation with two HD monitors supporting HDMI and DVI inputs. Since Ubuntu 11.10, I have experienced no end of trouble with my NVidia Quadro NVS 290 in TwinView dual-monitor ...

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