--- Marc Aurele La France <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Aug 2005, Rick wrote:
> > --- Marc Aurele La France <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> On Thu, 11 Aug 2005, Rick wrote:
> >>> --- Marc Aurele La France <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >>>> On Wed, 10 Aug 2005, Rick wrote:
> >>>>> I am trying to configure my system for dual
> display,
> >>>>> using two single-head display adapters.
>
> >>>>> I have attached relevant files.
>
> >>>>> Both sets of display hardware are recognized
> by PCI
> >>>>> scans. However, when XFree86 starts, it
> reports that
> >>>>> there is "No matching device section" for the
> second
> >>>>> set of display hardware. (Please refer to
> attached
> >>>>> files). I do have two sections in XF86Config
> with
> >>>>> correct (I think) PCI addresses set up. I
> cannot
> >>>>> understand why it cannot find the device
> section for
> >>>>> 00:13:00.
>
> >>>> I don't see anything obvious in what you've
> attached
> >>>> so far. Please attach /var/log/XFree86.0.log.
>
> >>> I accidentally omitted the log file in the
> original
> >>> mailing. Here it is.
>
> >> The problem seems to be that your layout section
> >> specifies only one screen.
> >> Or did you already try that?
>
> > I uncommented the second screen specification in
> the
> > layout section and tried starting X. According to
> the
> > log file (attached) that does indeed seem to take
> care
> > of the "No matching device section" for the second
> > video card - it now identifies both cards with
> their
> > appropriate device setions. However, there is now
> a
> > different problem. If you look at the log file,
> there
> > are two errors, "Cannot read V_BIOS" for the
> second
> > display adapter, and X eventually hangs with
> multiple
> > notifications of "SMI_GEReset called from
> smi_accel.c
> > line xxx" (xxx being several different line
> numbers),
> > shown at the end of the log file.
>
> > Any idea what is happening?
>
> My guess is that the 0:13:0 adapter is on the
> motherboard. That's rather
> unusual given it's a PCI adapter on a motherboard
> that also provides AGP.
> Anyway, if this is the case, your system BIOS
> probably provides the onboard
> adapter's BIOS only when it is the primary.
> Assuming your system BIOS allows
> you to, try designating the 0:13:0 device as primary
> adapter.
>
> The repeated AGP engine resets are perhaps related.
> I don't really know.
> Perhaps someone else will pipe in.
>
> Marc.
>
Hi Marc,
Thank you for your advice.
This system is a bit unusual. It's a Panasonic CF-81
which was being thrown out at my company (originally
running Windows 2000). It has dual SXGA monitors
built into it (actually it comes standard with a
single video card/monitor and is upgradeable to two
by adding a card and monitor). You are correct that
the primary card is AGP and the second card installed
goes into a PCI slot. The machine itself is a very
small box, probably no more real estate on the
motherboard than a typical laptop.
In one of the manuals that I was able to download, it
shows a bios screen where you can specify which
monitor to use for each display card (AGP and PCI),
however, when I bring up the BIOS setup screen, that
particular option is not shown - I have no idea why
not.
Regards,
Rick
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