the "ati" driver is just a wrapper for r128, atimisc, and radeon. However, it looks like the probe code for the different drivers gets compiled into ati_drv.o rather than the actual drivers themselves. Alex --- Barry Warsaw <barry@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 2003-04-28 at 16:20, Aaron Wade wrote: > > the 4.3.0-5 isn't a patch perse. It's a release from mharris > containing fixes > > for the radeon driver etc. > > Ok, I've downloaded 4.3.0-5 and installed it and now I'm seeing some > (different) weird stuff. ;} > > First, I'm now getting mirrored displays instead of two screens. > This > with Xinerama turned on or off. I can't seem to get my dual head > back. > Second, the screen geometries seem a bit off. The primary screen has > the top few pixels chopped off while the secondary screen as the top > few > and right few pixels chopped off. The mirrors are not exact > duplicates > of each other. > > Also, the secondary screen still has some terrible vertical ghosting > while the primary screen is fuzzy and has a little bit of vertical > ghosting (but not as much). All in all kind of depressing. :( > > BTW, what is the difference between the ati driver and the radeon > driver, and which one should I be using? I tried both and don't see > too > much difference. I'm attaching my XF86Config file below, which still > has the ati driver test. > > If I should be filing bug reports instead of posting here, please let > me > know. > > -Barry > > > > # XFree86 4 configuration created by redhat-config-xfree86 > > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "XFree86 Configured" > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 > Screen 1 "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0" > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > EndSection > > Section "Files" > RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" > ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules" > FontPath "unix/:7100" > EndSection > > Section "Module" > Load "dbe" > Load "dri" > Load "extmod" > Load "glx" > Load "record" > Load "xtrap" > Load "speedo" > Load "type1" > EndSection > > Section "ServerFlags" > Option "Xinerama" "On" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Keyboard0" > Driver "keyboard" > Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" > Option "XkbModel" "microsoft" > Option "XkbLayout" "us" > Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Mouse0" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" > Option "Protocol" "MouseManPlusPS/2" > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "off" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Monitor0" > VendorName "DELL" > ModelName "DELL E171FP" > Option "DPMS" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Monitor1" > VendorName "DELL" > ModelName "DELL E171FP" > Option "DPMS" > EndSection > > Section "Device" > > # Option "CrtSCreen" "" > # Option "UseFBDev" "false" > Identifier "Card0" > Driver "ati" > VendorName "ATI" > BoardName "ATI Radeon 7500" > BusID "PCI:1:11:0" > Screen 0 > EndSection > > Section "Device" > > # Option "CrtSCreen" > # Option "UseFBDev" "false" > Identifier "Card1" > Driver "ati" > VendorName "ATI" > BoardName "ATI Radeon 7500" > BusID "PCI:1:11:0" > Screen 1 > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "Card0" > Monitor "Monitor0" > DefaultDepth 24 > SubSection "Display" > Depth 24 > Modes "1280x1024" "1280x1024" > EndSubSection > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen1" > Device "Card1" > Monitor "Monitor1" > DefaultDepth 24 > SubSection "Display" > Depth 24 > Modes "1280x1024" "1280x1024" > EndSubSection > EndSection > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ xfree86-list mailing list xfree86-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/xfree86-list IRC: #xfree86 on irc.redhat.com
