Hi members. I'm a Gentoo Linux user on my Dell Inspiron 9400 and am using xf86-video-radeonhd and xf86-video-ati with my ATI Mobility X1400 video card (RV515). While the former driver works perfectly (although 60% slower) with my dual monitor configuration, the latter doesn't.
When using xf86-video-ati with an external monitor plugged in my DVI/digital output, both my laptop's local PANEL and the external monitor are black when X starts. I *must* unplug the external monitor, start X and then plug the external monitor and run xrandr to setup dual monitor as explained in the newbie's guide : http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=927. However XFCE4 doesn't properly set background pictures as it only detected one screen when it started -- I suppose that is a bug in XFCE4 instead, which has nothing to do here. I described the problem in Gentoo forums ( http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-722855-highlight-.html ). I've also been able to reproduce it with Ubuntu 8.10 and xf86-video-ati-6.9.0. Thanks a lot in advance for any hint/suggestion. Vince C. _______________________________________________ xorg-driver-ati mailing list [email protected] http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-driver-ati
