On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Mark Cave-Ayland <mark.cave-ayl...@siriusit.co.uk> wrote: > On 22/08/11 14:09, Jan Kasprzak wrote: > >> Shouldn't the -isolateDevice be used in order to avoid >> the X servers disabling the other card? Also you may want to make >> them share a common VT (although I am not sure if this is necessary >> in dual-head setup as opposed to dual-seat). In my dual-seat desktop, >> I use the following command lines: >> >> X :0 -layout Primary -isolateDevice PCI:1:0:0 vt7 >> X :1 -layout Secondary -isolateDevice PCI:5:0:0 -sharevts vt7 >> >> (the -layout option is analogous to your -config, but allows you to share >> a single xorg.conf file for both X servers). >> >> However, I had problems with my multi-seat desktop with 2.6.39 >> and newer kernels, so you can also try to downgrade the kernel. 2.6.38 >> works for me. FWIW, the Fedora bug report I have filled is here: >> >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=719260 > > Hi Yenya, > > Thanks for the reference. I'd already tried with the -isolateDevice > parameter but it didn't seem to make any difference :( > > However, I found out that the PC I'm using has an internal built-in Intel > graphics card, so I enabled it in the BIOS and tried using that instead. And > with one server running the radeon driver and another running the intel > driver it works just fine. > > It seems there is a bug when you have multiple instances of the radeon > driver instantiated within different X servers (maybe DRI related but I > really don't know enough at the moment?). I'd like to try and get this fixed > if possible - what would be the best thing to do, start a thread on the > xorg-driver-ati mailing list or create a bug report directly in > freedesktop.org's bugzilla?
File a bug on https://bugs.freedesktop.org and attach your xorg log(s), config(s), and dmesg output. Note that not many people use multiple independent X servers on separate cards so the amount of testing these scenarios get is pretty light. Alex _______________________________________________ xorg@lists.freedesktop.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: arch...@mail-archive.com