I don't know whether this is relevant but there were a couple of post mentioning using the 4.2 mga driver from Matrox rather than the 4.3 I have not the time to go in the archives to give you more details... lionel --- "Donald E. Oinen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've given up on getting the two ati cards to work and have replaced the AGP > card with a Matrox G450. > I have left the ATI pci card installed in hope of eventually getting a third > monitor to work in Linux. > BTW I tested the three monitor setup in Windows XP and it worked fine after > some fiddling. > > I invested way to much time on this - now I get to invest time on the Matrox > card. > > From what I've seen there seems to be very few posting on Matrox cards vs > the postings on either ATI or nVidia. > > Thanks for your response. I tried the RedHat install mail list but didn't > get any responses. I had actually given up hope of any help - obviously > prematurely. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alex Deucher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 9:44 AM > Subject: [XFree86] dual monitors ati radeon pci agp Fatal server error ... > > > > There was some discussion of this between Marc and Hui just before > > 4.3.0 was released. I believe the problem had something to do with > > int10 and the BIOS on radeons when soft booting them. I think the true > > resolution was put off until after 4.3.0 was released. I'm not sure > > what the current status is of that fix. perhaps they can comment on > > it. > > > > Another thing you might try is putting the pci card in another slot or > > changing the display init value in the bios from AGP to PCI or vice > > versa. > > > > Alex > > > > > > ----------------------------------- > > > > I have been attempting to use two monitors with two ATI 7000 video > > cards. 1 AGP and 1 PCI. > > The hardware works with Windows XP. > > > > I can successfully use one or the other monitor/card but when I try to > > use both the x server crashes immediately. > > > > My XFree86Config file works until I add a line like the following to > > the ServerLayout Section > > Screen "Screen 1" Rightof "Screen 2". > > > > I have included a copy of my XFree86Config file and the log file below. > > > > I have read everything I can find on the internet with google > > pertaining > > to this problem but can't solve this problem. > > I am beginning to wonder if it is possible to do this. > > > > I could admit defeat and replace the AGP card with a dual head card but > > I don't like to give up. > > > > Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions. > > > > Don > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). > > http://calendar.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > > XFree86 mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
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