<div dir="ltr">Hey, thanks! <br><br>I was trying the ZaphodHeads option yesterday but must have been doing something wrong with the syntax. <br><br>I'm much, much closer to where I want to be - however, I am having a hard time defining which screen the keyboard and mouse should be attached to. <div><br></div><div>I've stopped and started my graphical applications a few times in the same order with the same arguments, and the mouse has so far been stuck on the secondary screen (I need it on the primary VGA monitor, not the secondary HDMI), while the keyboard seems to randomly attach to one or the other. I can't seem to control this.</div><div><br></div><div>Here's the xorg.config I'm now using:</div><div><br></div><div><br><div>Section "ServerLayout"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Identifier "default"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Screen<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 1 "Screen1" 0 0</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"</div><div>EndSection</div><div><br></div><div>Section "Monitor"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Identifier "VGA1"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Option<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> "PreferredMode"<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"1280x1024"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Option<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> "Position"<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"0 0"</div><div>EndSection</div><div><br></div><div>Section "Monitor"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Identifier "HDMI1"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Option<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> "PreferredMode"<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"1280x1024" </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Option<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> "Position"<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"1280 0"</div><div>EndSection</div><div><br></div><div>Section "Device"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Identifier "Card0"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Driver "intel"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>BusID "PCI:0:2:0"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Screen<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 0</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Option<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> "Monitor-VGA1"<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"VGA1"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Option<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> "ZaphodHeads"<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"VGA1"</div><div>EndSection</div><div><br></div><div>Section "Device"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Identifier "Card1"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Driver "intel"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>BusID "PCI:0:2:0"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Screen<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 1</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Option<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> "Monitor-HDMI1"<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"HDMI1"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Option<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> "ZaphodHeads"<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"HDMI1"</div><div>EndSection</div><div><br></div><div>Section "Screen"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Identifier "Screen0"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Device "Card0"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Monitor<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> "VGA1"</div><div>EndSection</div><div><br></div><div>Section "Screen"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Identifier "Screen1"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Device "Card1"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Monitor "HDMI1"</div><div>EndSection</div><div><br></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 1:29 PM Jason Kim <<a href="mailto:jason@userful.com" target="_blank">jason@userful.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <div>Only one Xorg can be started on each PCI entity. You can not start two Xorg servers on your intel HD 4400.<br> <br> Use Xephyr/Xnest to start on each head.. You can get more info with googling "Multiseat Linux".<br> <br> If you want independent screens, not the independent displays, use zaphod mode, so that you can get :0.0 and :0.1.<br> You need to add once more Screen in the serverlayout section;<br> <br> <div>Section "ServerLayout"</div> <div> Identifier "default"</div> <div></div></div></div><div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><div> Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0<br></div></div></div><div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><div> Screen 1 "Screen1" 0 0</div></div></div><div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div> <div> InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"</div> <div> InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"</div> <div>EndSection</div> <br> <br></div></div><div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div> On 15-12-17 01:08 PM, Adrian Allen wrote:<br> </div></div><div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><blockquote type="cite"> <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> <p dir="ltr">Systems Engineer<br> </p> <p dir="ltr">Envysion, Inc.</p> <p dir="ltr">100 Superior Plaza Way, Suite 260</p> <p dir="ltr">Superior, CO 80027</p> <p dir="ltr">D: 303.590.2381 </p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.envysion.com" target="_blank">www.envysion.com</a> | Visit our blog</p> </div> <br> <fieldset></fieldset> <br> </blockquote></div><div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><blockquote type="cite"><pre>_______________________________________________ <a href="mailto:xorg@lists.x.org" target="_blank">xorg@lists.x.org</a>: X.Org support Archives: <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg" target="_blank">http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg</a> Info: <a href="http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg" target="_blank">http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg</a> Your subscription address: %(user_address)s</pre> </blockquote> </div> _______________________________________________<br> <a href="mailto:xorg@lists.x.org" target="_blank">xorg@lists.x.org</a>: X.Org support<br> Archives: <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg</a><br> Info: <a href="http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg</a><br> Your subscription address: %(user_address)s</blockquote></div><div dir="ltr">-- <br></div><div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr"><span>Adrian Allen</span><br></p> <p dir="ltr">Systems Engineer<br></p> <p dir="ltr">Envysion, Inc.</p> <p dir="ltr">100 Superior Plaza Way, Suite 260</p> <p dir="ltr">Superior, CO 80027</p> <p dir="ltr">D: 303.590.2381 </p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.envysion.com" target="_blank">www.envysion.com</a> | Visit our blog</p> </div></div>