I have just installed Kubuntu on ASUS U46E BAL7. The installation went fine and I am able to use the desktop. But it seems to recognize only one monitor at a time, either the laptop or the secondary one and not both. Besides this the resolution being shown is far less than the capability of either monitors.
I was able to generate a xorg.conf file, but that seems to be mostly empty. I am skeptical about editing it and screwing up what's working now. Is there a way to dump existing configuration that kubuntu is using into a file, so I can work by modifying those settings as opposed to writing everything by hand ?
Please find my xorg.conf file attached below.
Thanks million in advance.
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
Screen 1 "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
Screen 2 "Screen2" RightOf "Screen1"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
FontPath "built-ins"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "glx"
Load "dbe"
Load "dri"
Load "record"
Load "dri2"
Load "extmod"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor2"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
EndSection
Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: : integer, : float, : "True"/"False",
### : "String", : " Hz/kHz/MHz",
### : "%"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "DRI" # []
#Option "ColorKey" #
#Option "VideoKey" #
#Option "FallbackDebug" # []
#Option "Tiling" # []
#Option "LinearFramebuffer" # []
#Option "Shadow" # []
#Option "SwapbuffersWait" # []
#Option "TripleBuffer" # []
#Option "XvMC" # []
#Option "XvPreferOverlay" # []
#Option "DebugFlushBatches" # []
#Option "DebugFlushCaches" # []
#Option "DebugWait" # []
#Option "HotPlug" # []
#Option "RelaxedFencing" # []
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "intel"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: : integer, : float, : "True"/"False",
### : "String", : " Hz/kHz/MHz",
### : "%"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "ShadowFB" # []
#Option "Rotate" #
#Option "fbdev" #
#Option "debug" # []
Identifier "Card1"
Driver "fbdev"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: : integer, : float, : "True"/"False",
### : "String", : " Hz/kHz/MHz",
### : "%"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "ShadowFB" # []
#Option "DefaultRefresh" # []
#Option "ModeSetClearScreen" # []
Identifier "Card2"
Driver "vesa"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Card1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewpo
rt 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen2"
Device "Card2"
Monitor "Monitor2"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Thanks
Venkat
EDIT: Moved a bunch of data from an answer section non-answer into the question:
Thanks for the reply. I have spent significant amount of time trying to install ubuntu on this new piece of hardware. None of the 11.10 64bit versions boot up for some reason. So I went ahead and installed Server first and installed KDE after the server installation was complete. Besides the
sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktopEDIT
Apologies. Trouble with this output is I personally cannot understand it as it doesn't have any version info. So, I assumed output of lshw would have more info.
Output of lspci | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
EDIT
xrandr output:
xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
Screen 0: minimum 1280 x 1024, current 1280 x 1024, maximum 1280 x 1024
default connected 1280x1024+0+0 0mm x 0mm
1280x1024 77.0*
EDIT
Yes, I have the external monitor hooked up. If I have it hooked up during start it defaults to the external one and shows only that. It not, it defaults to laptop screen and shows only that.
EDIT March 04 2012 2:32 PM
This the error startx gives me.
X.Org X Server 1.10.4
Release Date: 2011-08-19
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.24-29-server x86_64 Ubuntu
Current Operating System: Linux ubuntu 3.0.0-16-server #28-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 27 18:03:45 UTC 2012 x86_64
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.0.0-16-server root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu-root ro noapic nomodeset
Build Date: 19 October 2011 05:21:26AM
xorg-server 2:1.10.4-1ubuntu4.2 (For technical support please see http://www.ubuntu.com/support)
Current version of pixman: 0.22.2
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun Mar 4 14:16:45 2012
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
(EE) No devices detected.
Fatal Server error:
no screens found
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.org" for additional information.
ddxSigGiveUp: Closing log
xinit: giving up
xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused
xinit: server error
