Okay I figured I might as well try Tiago's idea. I'm not sure what if I used the right command but here's what I tried: xterm -display :1 -e bash & xterm -display :1.0 -e bash & xterm -display localhost:1 -e bash & xterm -display localhost:1.0 -e bash &
I tried all four as both root and user and they all fail saying "Can't open display: localhost:1.0" (with different display depending on what I used). Thanks, Steffen Steffen Schaumburg wrote: > Hi, > thanks both of you for your replies - I'm going to try the KMS method > first. Now the problem is I can't turn off Arbiter in the kernel, make > menuconfig can find it with the search, but the option isn't in the > menu. Is there a boot option to force off arbiter (or, alternatively, to > force on KMS which would turn off arbiter by necessity?)? I checked the > docs at > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blob_plain;f=Documentation/vgaarbiter.txt;hb=HEAD > > but can't see anything. Or should I just manually edit the .config file > - I'm inclined to trust menuconfig to not be displaying the option for a > reason, or am I giving it too much credit? Any pointers would be > appreciated. > > Thanks, Steffen > > > Corbin Simpson wrote: > >> Multicard and multiseat for radeon doesn't need vgaarb; use KMS >> instead and your cards will both come up at boot. >> >> Posting from a mobile, pardon my terseness. ~ C. >> >> >>> On Dec 5, 2009 9:30 AM, "Tiago Vignatti" <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> On Fri, Dec 04, 2009 at 09:00:19PM +0100, ext Steffen Schaumburg >>> wrote: > Hi everyone, > I'm trying ... >>> >>> yes. And the log says you're indeed using it. >>> >>> >>>> The current status of my work is: > >From pressing the power button >>>> >>> to kdm loading it displays i... >>> >>> humm, seems not issue with vga arbitration. I'd guess maybe missed mode >>> setting. Try to start an app on the monitor black and see if >>> connects. If this >>> succeeds then the arbiter is doing its job okay. >>> > _______________________________________________ > xorg mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg > _______________________________________________ xorg mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
