On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, SHOBHIT MATHUR wrote: > I do not belong to this mailing-list and am not a subscriber.
Poor netiquette. > I am writing this mail to you all, to get some suggestions for > the solution of a persistent problem that I have been facing > for quite some time due to which, I have not been able to setup > the multi-head configuration. > The procedure followed is in complete accordance with the > documentation for dual-head setup in linuxdoc.org - > Xinerama-HOWTO. I am not interested in setting-up Xinerama > currently. I am only intending to bring-up dual monitor display. > The steps followed are thus : > * The 2 monitors are - Acer 77 > * The PC is an AcerPower S Series > * The 2 Video cards are : > ATI Card Mach 64 [ built-into the motherboard ] > Matrox MGA 2064W [ Add-on card - PCI slot ] > * The output of XFree86 -scanpci is : > Probing for PCI devices (Bus:Device:Function) > (0:0:0) Intel 82443LX PAC Host > (0:1:0) Intel 82443LX PAC AGP > (0:7:0) Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ISA > (0:7:1) Intel 82371AB PIIX4 IDE > (0:7:2) Intel 82371AB PIIX4 USB > (0:7:3) Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ACPI > (0:13:0) Matrox MGA 2064W ----- FIRST VIdeo Card > (1:0:0) ATI card using a ATI Mach64 GDP ----- SECOND [built-in] Card. > Problem : > ~~~~~~~~ > The monitors work fine when, each one of the cards are individually, > a part of the configuration. When the cards are simultaneously made > a part of the configuration, the recurring problem that occurs is, that > the built-in card [ ATI Mach64 ], gets suppressed. The only card being > recognised in such a situation is the Matrox MGA ! This problem is not > allowing me to have both the monitors work in unison. The file : > /etc/sysconfig/hwconf, has two entries for the 2 "VIDEO" cards. The > "driver" field in the file indicates that the ATI-3D Card is "disabled". > Kudzu promptly removes the existing ATI, built-in card from the > configuration, thus leading to this show-stopper. This is not an XFree86 issue. Your system BIOS is disabling the builtin video when that video is not the primary display. Some system BIOSes have a setting to control this behaviour, other don't. In the latter case, your only alternative for multi-head is to insert two adapters into the system. > - Kindly revert back to Shobhit Mathur [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Then set your Reply-To's accordingly. Marc. +----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Marc Aurele La France | work: 1-780-492-9310 | | Computing and Network Services | fax: 1-780-492-1729 | | 352 General Services Building | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | University of Alberta +-----------------------------------+ | Edmonton, Alberta | | | T6G 2H1 | Standard disclaimers apply | | CANADA | | +----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ XFree86 Core Team member. ATI driver and X server internals. _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
