On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Paul van der Vlis <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to use multiple monitors. I use Asus M4A78 PRO mainboards > with AMD 780G/SB700 chipset and integrated Radeon HD 3200 Graphics. > This mainboard has a VGA and a DVI port. Can I use that for dual screens > with OSS drivers?
Yes. > > When I add a PCIe card with HD 3450 chipset I cannot use the integrated > graphics anymore. In the manual they tell about "surround view". Is this > possible with OSS drivers? In theory it should work with kms using drm-next. fglrx also supports multiple cards. > > I am interested in multi-seat systems too. > Do you know about setups for multi-seat systems with ATI/AMD and OSS > drivers? > > I would like to have hardware accelerated 2D. What version of X/kernel > do I need as a minimum? For 2D acceleration you need 2.6.31. For 3D and kms you'll need drm-next or 2.6.32. > > And are there ATI videocards what use really less energy? The hardware is capable of quite a few power saving features, they are just not well implemented yet in the open source driver. There are some options in the non-KMS ddx to reduce engine clocks and enable clock gating, but it's pretty basic right now. Alex _______________________________________________ xorg-driver-ati mailing list [email protected] http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-driver-ati
