Thanks for the suggestion ! I had already tried, but doesn't seem to do the trick for me, unfortunately :-(
Philippe On Wednesday 12 March 2003 04:09 pm, William G. Lea wrote: > Hmmm: > > Try changing your config file: > > Section "Device" > # Some 7500 boards aparently need this option enabled to work - bug > (#62760) > # Option "CrtScreen" > Identifier "ATI Radeon 8500" > Driver "radeon" > VendorName "ati" > BoardName "ati" > BusID "PCI:1:0:0" > Screen 0 > EndSection > > Section "Device" > # Some 7500 boards aparently need this option enabled to work - bug > (#62760) > Identifier "ATI Radeon 7500" > Driver "ati" > VendorName "ati" > BoardName "ati" > BusID "PCI:0:9:0" > # Option "CrtScreen" > Screen 1 > EndSection > > Works for me with a Radeon 9000, might help -- at least its something to > try. > > Philippe Moutarlier wrote: > > Sorry to re-repost this but I never got any hints there. > > Could someone just tell me if this is just impossible ? > > > > What I would like to understand is what is going on : > > why 2 separately perfectly configured cards would not want > > to work together in multiple monitor layout. > > > > Otherwise, could someone tell me what type of card should I use > > to make sure I can use dual monitor with Xfree 4.3 . > > > > Thanks ! > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Subject: [XFree86] problem with ATI dual monitor > > Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 10:02:26 -0800 > > From: "Philippe Moutarlier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > I am forwarding this post I made on the xfree86 list for redhat as > > suggested by its members ... > > > > I tried all I could think of .. > > > > - used the CVS head of the Xfree86 as of a couple weeks ago > > - tried the GATOS driver + DRM kernel module > > > > It's still failing pretty much the same : the second screen (screen 1) > > gets deleted > > when I try to use 2 screens. Each of them works perfectly independantly, > > which I can check by just removing/adding them alternatively to the > > Layout. > > > > Is dual monitor supported for ATI ? > > > > Thanks > > > > Philippe > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of root > > Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 1:46 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: could use some help with dual monitor ... > > > > I am running RH 8.0, Xfree 4.2.0 from distro and 2 ATI cards : > > > > - ATI radeon 8500 DV AGP > > - ATI Radeon 7500 PCI > > > > Both cards are recognized and work fine independantly. > > I setup my XFree986Config to use both at the same time by defining the > > following layout (actual files are included below). > > > > Section "ServerLayout" > > Identifier "Multi Configured" > > Screen 0 "Screen0" > > Screen 1 "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0" > > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" > > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > > EndSection > > > > I checked that each card is working by commenting out the "Screen 1" line > > and switching the "Screen 0" line between "Screen0" and "Screen1". > > > > Everytime I add the Screen 1 line, I get the following error in > > XFree86.0.log > > (details below) > > > > (II) Loading sub module "radeon" > > (II) LoadModule: "radeon" > > (II) Reloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.o > > (EE) Screen 1 deleted because of no matching config section. > > (II) UnloadModule: "ati" > > (II) UnloadModule: "radeon" > > > > and, sure enough, only 1 monitor is running :-( > > > > Any idea about what I am doing wrong here ??? > > > > Thanks ! > > > > Philippe > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Name: XF86Config.txt > > XF86Config.txt Type: Plain Text (text/plain) > > Encoding: quoted-printable > > > > Name: XFree86.0.log > > XFree86.0.log Type: text/x-log > > Encoding: quoted-printable > > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
