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Author: tito
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To: devuan-dev
Subject: Re: [devuan-dev] SLiM 1.4.0 problem with multiple monitors
On Sun, 30 Jun 2024 07:52:37 -0300
sawbona@??? wrote:

> Hello:
>
> On 30 Jun 2024 at 6:52, Ralph Ronnquist wrote:
>
> > ... there's the -configure parameter ...
> That's the first thing I tried.
>
> I have never seen it to work properly save in very simple
> configurations. ie: a skeleton of sorts albeit with quite a few bones
> missing.
>
> eg: at boot time, it only sees one of my cards which means just two
> of the three monitors, generating a basic configuration for that
> hardware.
>
> When the boot process is complete, the nouveau driver which
> (thankfully) does not use Xinerama and works quite well, configures a
> large screen with the three monitors from the get go, just have to
> enable the third monitor via xrandr and that's it.
>
> Ideally, xorg would have a way to 'export' / dump the xorg.conf it
> has generated to serve up a working configuration along with nouveau.
>
> I have not been able to find out if that is possible.
> Unfortunately, documentation is scarce and/or outdated.
>
> Thanks for your input.
>
> Best,
>
> A.
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Xorg -configure (run as root from a text console) produces a configuration file that should be equivalent to what Xorg autodetects.
so stop slim and open a console and it will work hopefully.

Ciao,
Tito