radeon and separated heads

[Dave Airlie]

On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 3:14 AM, Alejandro Mery<amery at opensde.org> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm using Xubuntu 9.04 on a notebook + VGA LCD monitor and the radeon
> (1:6.12.1-0ubuntu2) driver.
>
> It works smoothly in "merged" mode (half of the workspace in one display and
> half on the other) but I wish to run separate displays on each monitor under
> the same session so if I switch workspaces in one monitor it doesn't affect
> the other.
>
> In the attached mutant xorg.conf I have been trying to add a second layout
> (Identified as "dual") for this. I get cloned instead :-\
>
> may you please enlighten me?

You need to add BusID and Screen x
options in the Device sections, please see xorg.conf man page.

Dave.