Now it could be a problem with ur vert and horiz refresh rates find out what
they are from your monitor manual and put in the right values ...
im runnin X on multiple mons and evey time i change the default monitor
setting in the BIOS kudzu says it detected new hardware and adds the card
...
Hope my observations in the file below help ....
[Ani_Adarsh]
Cheers
> #XFree86 4.0 configuration generated by Xconfigurator
>
> Section "Files"
> RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
> Load "GLcore"
> Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension
> Load "dri"
> Load "extmod"
> Load "pex5"
> Load "record"
> Load "xie"
> Load "glx"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Keyboard0"
> Driver "Keyboard"
> Option "XkbLayout" "us"
> EndSection
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Mouse0"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
> Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Monitor0"
> VendorName "Acer"
> ModelName "77c"
> HorizSync 30.0-72.0 [Ani_Adarsh] Check these ...... with ur
> monitor manual [Ani_Adarsh] they seem fishy ...
> VertRefresh 50.0-120.0
> Option "dpms"
> EndSection
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Monitor1"
> VendorName "Acer"
> ModelName "77c"
> HorizSync 30.0-72.0
[Ani_Adarsh] these too .... are suspect
> VertRefresh 50.0-120.0
> Option "dpms"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Matrox Millenium"
> Driver "mga"
> VendorName "Matrox"
> BoardName "MGA 2064W"
> BusID "PCI:0:13:0"
> Option "sw_cursor" [Ani_Adarsh] u can go for the options later ...
> [Ani_Adarsh] Comment
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "ATI 3D Rage Pro"
> Driver "ati"
> VendorName "ati"
> ChipId 0x4744 [Ani_Adarsh] and try Chipid and chip rev later
> comment out actually i have not much of a clue what these do ... try man
> and see
> ChipRev 0x5c
> BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen1"
> Device "ATI 3D Rage Pro"
> Monitor "Monitor1"
> DefaultDepth 8
> Subsection "Display"
> Depth 8
> Modes "1024x768" [Ani_Adarsh] try a conservative mode
> first 640x480 ??
> EndSubsection
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen0"
> Device "Matrox Millenium"
> Monitor "Monitor0"
> DefaultDepth 8
> Subsection "Display"
> Depth 8
> Modes "1024x768" [Ani_Adarsh] this too try 640x480 ...
> once u get decent results add other modes and 16 and 24 bpp should also
> work
> EndSubsection
> EndSection
> Section "ServerLayout"
> Identifier "Simple Layout"
> Screen "Screen0"
> Screen "Screen1" LeftOf "Screen0"
> InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
> InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> EndSection
>
>
> - Thank you very much for your patience.
[Ani_Adarsh] Patience is what patience gets .... ;-)
> - Please do let me know your suggestions/observations.
>
> - Shobhit Mathur [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ]
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: SHOBHIT MATHUR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 10:08 am
> Subject: Multi-head setup problem
>
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I do not belong to this mailing-list and am not a subscriber.
> >
> > 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,
> > thatthe 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.
> >
> > Owing to this problem of mute-suppression of one card, I am not
> > able to proceed with the process of configuring multi-head support.
> > I earnestly, request some timely suggestions in this
> > regard, as
> > I have not found any online documentation regarding this kind of
> > weird
> > behaviour. The few questions that rise in my mind are :
> >
> > * Do motherboards have a default jumper-setting which allows only
> > single video-card support ? If so, achieving my setup would be a
> > matter of changing the jumper-settings. Acer manuals do not
> > indicate
> > such a fact.
> >
> > * Does this problem have to do with the fact that, one of the
> > video-cards is a motherboard-built-in Video card ? Does the
> > scenario change, when the 2 video-cards are add-on cards ?
> >
> > * Does BIOS have some feature by which, support for 2 video cards can
> > be enabled ?
> >
> > Definitely, something is missing, that I am not able to decipher.
> >
> > - Kindly revert back to Shobhit Mathur [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ]
> >
> > - THank you very much in advance...
> >
> >
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