On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 5:57 AM, Paul van der Vlis <[email protected]> wrote: > Alex Deucher schreef: >> 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. > > Does that work with a 2.6.26 kernel?
The display will work, but 2D/Xv acceleration for that chip requires 2.6.31 and 3D acceleration requires 2.6.32. Also you'll need xf86-video-ati 6.12.x for acceleration and it sounds like you are using a much older version. > >>> 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. > > Ah, I hope it works really... > I don't want to use it for games, but for multi-seat. > >> fglrx also supports multiple cards. > > I don't want closed-source. > >>> 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. > > Thanks for the info. > >>> 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. > > OK.. (it's not for a laptop). > > With regards, > Paul van der Vlis. > > _______________________________________________ > xorg-driver-ati mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-driver-ati > _______________________________________________ xorg-driver-ati mailing list [email protected] http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-driver-ati
