I tried this message on comp.os.linux.x but no one there was able to help... perhaps someone here can point me in the right direction? I've noticed that some people on the list have trouble with the SMP kernel... well, I'm not sure which kernel I have; It's the stock RedHat 7.1 kernel (2.4.2). I've tried re-compiling my kernel, but it's much trickier than it used to be and I ran into some trouble, so I'd like to avoid doing that if I can. But I also want to get my second monitor working, if anyone has any ideas. Thanks, Mark -------- Original Message -------- Subject: XFree86 4.x locks up w/ Dual Head Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2001 21:55:01 -0400 From: Mark Richards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: Comp Eng. 0T1 To: unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.x I have a Voodoo3 2000 PCI and a Rage II+ (Mach 64) PCI. The Voodoo is the primary video card. I had dual-head working once, I think with X 4.0.1 with these two cards. I upgraded to Redhat 7.1 and the dual-head setup locks up. The 3dfx card initializes, then the ATI card (I can see the spinning ATI bios LOGO) and then the whole computer locks solid - only the reset button works. I tried using XFree86 -configure; it sets up a dual head config in 1(yes one) bpp, 640x480 (The second monitor is really old, so no pnp). However, not even this configuration works. Strange thing is that if I try it enough times, it sometimes works. It makes me think that there is a race condition in the code that I keep losing. Anyway, I tried upgrading the kernel drm drivers, but that didn't help. I tried upgrading XFree86 to 4.1.0, but that didn't help either. I tried disabling DRI but that didn't work either. I tried different video modes, no joy. I tried relative and absolute positioning of the two screens, no success there either. However, if I use just ONE head, regardless of which it is, it works fine. Same XF86Config file, except I change the screen id in the server layout section. So it's only when the two cards are used together that it locks up (right after I see the ugly default X background and the X cursor on the primary (3dfx) screen). Anyone have any ideas? Thanks, Mark PS if possible, please CC my email.. _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
