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multiple monitors in gentoo, 2 two monitors with xorg
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Create a directory for the configurations

mkdir -p /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d

get the identifier from x11-apps/xrandr

xrandr -q

create the configuration for the monitors in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-monitor.conf (looks like /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-video.conf is not needed)

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier  "DisplayPort-2"
    Option      "Primary" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier  "HDMI-A-0"
    Option      "LeftOf" "DisplayPort-2"
EndSection

References:

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Xorg/Multiple_monitors

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/multihead

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