<div dir="ltr">Greetings - <div><br></div><div>For the past few days I've been trying to configure what used to be the default behavior (a separate X server for each connected physical monitor). It would be even better if the mouse were constrained to one of those displays (don't really care which). </div><div><br></div><div>I'm working on this configuration in a Scientific Linux 6.5 system on an Intel i3-4170 CPU with integrated Intel HD Graphics 4400 (device 041e in lspci). </div><div><br></div><div>The issue is that, apparently no matter how I configure things, I cannot get any given X screen to not slurp up both attached monitors. </div><div><br></div><div>The current (mess of) xorg.conf I'm trying is (leaving out the input device definitions etc): <br><br><div>Section "ServerLayout"</div><div> Identifier "default"</div><div> Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0</div><div> InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"</div><div> InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"</div><div>EndSection</div><div><br></div><div>Section "ServerLayout"</div><div> Identifier "secondary"</div><div> Screen 1 "Screen1" 1280 0</div><div>EndSection</div><div><br></div><div>Section "Monitor"</div><div> Identifier "VGA1"</div><div> Option "PreferredMode" "1280x1024"</div><div> Option "Position" "0 0"</div><div>EndSection</div><div><br></div><div>Section "Monitor"</div><div> Identifier "HDMI1"</div><div> Option "PreferredMode" "1280x1024"</div><div> Option "Position" "1280 0"</div><div>EndSection</div><div><br></div><div>Section "Device"</div><div> Identifier "Card0"</div><div> Driver "intel"</div><div> BusID "PCI:0:2:0"</div><div> Screen 0</div><div> Option "Monitor-HDMI1" "HDMI1"</div><div>EndSection</div><div><br></div><div>Section "Device"</div><div> Identifier "Card1"</div><div> Driver "intel"</div><div> BusID "PCI:0:2:0"</div><div> Screen 1</div><div> Option "Monitor-VGA1" "VGA1"</div><div>EndSection</div><div><br></div><div>Section "Screen"</div><div> Identifier "Screen0"</div><div> Device "Card0"</div><div> Monitor "HDMI1"</div><div>EndSection</div><div><br></div><div>Section "Screen"</div><div> Identifier "Screen1"</div><div> Device "Card1"</div><div> Monitor "VGA1"</div><div>EndSection</div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I've tried many other permutations of an xorg.conf and I just can't get it to not attach both screens to :0. <br><br>I want one Xserver running on :0 and another on :1, with one monitor attached to each screen. </div><div><br></div><div>Can anyone point me in the right direction and/or tell me what I'm doing wrong with the above config?</div></div><div dir="ltr">-- <br></div><div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr"><span>Adrian Allen</span><br></p>
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