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https://bbs.archlinux.org – Your desired configuration is quite common, and indeed, is the default setup provided by Openbox---once the monitors are properly configured, of course :-)Anywho, modifying xorg.conf files for something like this is a thing of the past, man. (Incidentally, you have made the lethal mistake of assuming an nvidia config will work with an ATI card. For example, "TwinView" is only available when you are using the nvidia proprietary driver.)Judging by your use of "radeon" as your video driver, it looks like you're using xf86-video-ati. Therefore, congratulations, xrandr will (HowTos)

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