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I have two screens on my computer, but they all show the same image (i.e I can't activate dual screen).

I saw on some blogs that I need to configure xrandr for this, but it fails to do so. Here is the output xrandr returns:

sam@BARDT071:~$ xrandr
xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
Screen 0: minimum 640 x 480, current 1600 x 1200, maximum 1600 x 1200
default connected 1600x1200+0+0 0mm x 0mm
   1600x1200       0.0* 
   1280x1024       0.0  
   1280x960        0.0  
   1024x768        0.0  
   800x600         0.0  
   640x480         0.0

It seems that only one screen is visible to my Debian system, even though I have two screens displaying something. Any pointers would be appreciated!

EDIT: I run xfce4, and going to Start -> Settings -> Display shows only one screen.

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  • Have you tried the standard Gnome monitor configuration GUI?
    – jordanm
    Jul 9, 2013 at 16:00
  • @jordanm I run xfce4 but I can give it a try.
    – S4M
    Jul 9, 2013 at 16:02
  • I think XFCE has something similar in the settings manager.
    – jordanm
    Jul 9, 2013 at 16:08
  • @jordanm yes, see my edit.
    – S4M
    Jul 9, 2013 at 16:08
  • A brief X log snippet identifying your display hardware would be helpful. Different display cards and drivers have different features.
    – tripleee
    Jul 9, 2013 at 17:15

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You might want to take a look at this page, titled: XSF / How to use xrandr. For starters you could try this command:

$ xrandr --output VGA1 --right-of LVDS1

You can control the orientation of the monitors with respect to each other using these switches:

  • --right-of
  • --left-of
  • --above
  • --below
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  • $ xrandr --output VGA1 --right-of LVDS1 Gves xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default warning: output VGA1 not found; ignoring
    – eddy147
    Nov 25, 2016 at 13:29
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I had this problem, and it had nothing to do with xfce or debian, but of problem with radeon driver, I didn't have some firmware, so I did this :

dpkg -i firmware-linux-nonfree_0.43_all.deb

Find the firmware here or here:

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