How to get a Thinkpad t60p to run with dual head on Linux
I’ve finally managed to get my Ubuntu Dabber Linux up and running with dual head in X. The problem with Thinkpad t60p is the ATI card. It demands a properitary driver from ATI to work, and also a great deal of work in xorg.conf. I’ve tried a great deal of different approaches, but the one discribed here should be the easiest.
1) Download the Linux driver from https://support.ati.com/ics/support/KBAnswer.asp?questionID=3380
2) Install the driver by executing ati-driver-installer-8.27.10-x86.run (or whatever your download is called).
3) You can know choose to run aticonfig –initial=dual-head, or look into my xord.conf. What ever you do make sure to install Xinerama and include it in your xord.conf
Section “ServerFlags”
option “Xinerama” “true”
EndSection
Here is my xorg.conf
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