Triple monitor setting in Linux with USB-HDMI adapter
- by Oscar Carballal
I'm trying to set up a triple monitor desktop at my office using Fedora 17, but it seems impossible, let me explain the setting:
Laptop ASUS K53SD with 2 graphic cards, Intel and nVidia (Screen controled by Intel card)
24" Full HD monitor connected to the HDMI output (controlled by Intel card)
23" Full HD monitor connected to an USB-HDMI adapter (via framebuffer in /dev/fb2, apparently)
VGA output (not used) controlled by nVidia card
First of all, the USB-HDMI adapter works perfectly, it gives me a green screen (which means the communication is OK) and I can make it work if I set up a single monitor setting via framebuffer in Xorg. Here I leave the page where I got the instructions: http://plugable.com/2011/12/23/usb-graphics-and-linux
Now I'm trying to set up the the two main monitors (laptop and 24") with the intel driver and the 23" with the framebuffer, but the most succesful configuration I get is the two main monitors working and the third disconnected.
Do you have any idea what can I do to make this work?
Here I leave my xRandr output and my Xorg conf:
-> xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 3286 x 1080, maximum 8192 x 8192
LVDS1 connected 1366x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 344mm x 193mm
1366x768 60.0*+
1024x768 60.0
800x600 60.3 56.2
640x480 59.9
VGA2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI1 connected 1920x1080+1366+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 531mm x 299mm
1920x1080 60.0*+ 50.0 25.0 30.0
1680x1050 59.9
1680x945 60.0
1400x1050 74.9 59.9
1600x900 60.0
1280x1024 75.0 60.0
1440x900 75.0 59.9
1280x960 60.0
1366x768 60.0
1360x768 60.0
1280x800 74.9 59.9
1152x864 75.0
1280x768 74.9 60.0
1280x720 50.0 60.0
1440x576 25.0
1024x768 75.1 70.1 60.0
1440x480 30.0
1024x576 60.0
832x624 74.6
800x600 72.2 75.0 60.3 56.2
720x576 50.0
848x480 60.0
720x480 59.9
640x480 72.8 75.0 66.7 60.0 59.9
720x400 70.1
DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
1920x1080_60.00 60.0
The Xorg file:
# Xorg configuration file for using a tri-head display
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "HDMI" 0 0
Screen 1 "USB" RightOf "HDMI"
Option "Xinerama" "on"
EndSection
########### MONITORS ################
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "USB1"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Acer 24as"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "HDMI1"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Acer 23SH"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
########### DEVICES ##################
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device 0"
Driver "intel"
BoardName "GeForce"
BusID "PCI:0:02:0"
Screen 0
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "USB Device 0"
driver "fbdev"
Option "fbdev" "/dev/fb2"
Option "ShadowFB" "off"
EndSection
############## SCREENS ######################
Section "Screen"
Identifier "HDMI"
Device "Device 0"
Monitor "HDMI1"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "USB"
Device "USB Device 0"
Monitor "USB1"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection