On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 8:43 AM, Richard Palmer <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear list, > > I'd like to drive six screens (projectors actually) using two HD5850s, > should this be possible with the current driver code ?. I only need > 2D at the moment, so should I set them up in crossfire configuration?. > I understand xrandr 1.3 doesn't handle multiple cards, so presumably > I will just need to manually configure xorg.conf as in the good/bad > old days (Using Xinerama to join the screens together into one > desktop)?. > > Any example xorg.confs would be very helpful. > > (I'm using the 4 DVI outputs and the two DisplayPort outputs with > active adaptors to convert to HDMI). >
This should work with kms, although 3D does not work with xinerama and it will require a xinerama xorg.conf. You'll need a separate device and screen section for each head and each device associated with a particular card needs to to have the proper busid of the card. Alex > thanks, > > Richard > > -- > Richard Palmer | Centre for E-Research > Systems Manager | > [email protected] | King's College London > Tel: 0207 848 1973 > _______________________________________________ > 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
