On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote: >I just updated my workstation from RedHat Linux 6.2 to Redhat 7.2. >my dual-head G400 doesn't display output to the second head anymore; even >tho X thinks the display is there. i.e. the second monitor is black. > >The X logs seem to indicate that it thinks the display is there; it's >running Xinerama, both MGA modules (one for each head) load, I can scroll >the cursor to that area and it will disappear for a suitably long period of >time before desktops switch in that direction, windows will start and be in >that area (of course, I can't see them). > >the old system was running X 4.1.0 and linux kernel 2.2.20; the new one ran >X 4.1.0 until I upgraded it to 4.2.0 (from Redhat's Rawhide source RPMs); >and I've tried kernels 2.4.7 and 2.4.9 (from redhat) and 2.4.19-pre2-ac2 >(built from source myself.) > >I have tried swapping monitors, to make sure the monitor isn't dead. >I have booted from the old hard drive (RH 6.2), and tried X; and found that >X works just fine, displaying to both monitors. > >anyone have any similar experiences? any suggestions what to try next?
G400 dualhead is not supported by XFree86 without using Matrox's binary drivers with the HAL module. Dualhead works only on G450 with stock drivers. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike A. Harris Shipping/mailing address: OS Systems Engineer 190 Pittsburgh Ave., Sault Ste. Marie, XFree86 maintainer Ontario, Canada, P6C 5B3 Red Hat Inc. Phone: (705)949-2136 http://www.redhat.com ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris Red Hat XFree86 mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] General open IRC discussion: #xfree86 on irc.openprojects.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
