Re: Trouble getting ATI 9200 (Gigabyte) dual head to work

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On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Alex Deucher wrote:

>> Thanks Alex, now I'm making some progress.  I can get displays on
>> both
>> monitors, but it seems to be in "clone" mode (identical display on
>> both
>> monitors).  I was hoping for "Xinerama" display.
>> 
>> I have attached the current XFree86.0.log and XF86Config.
>> 
>> Again, thanks for your help so far.
>
>the driver is failing to detect the monitor on crtc2:
>(II) RADEON(0): Displays Detected: Monitor1--Type 1, Monitor2--Type 0
>
>you need to add this option:
>Option "monitorlayout" "crt, crt"
>to the device section of your config.  unfortunately I'm not sure if
>4.3.0 had this option.  I think it was added later.  newer redhat rpm's
>may have added it, but I'm not sure.  If you can find cvs binaries
>somewhere that would be your best bet.  I can provide you a link to
>binaries I've made, but they are heavily patched and based on newer cvs
>code.  I'm not sure if they will work with 4.3.0 or not.
>http://www.botchco.com/alex/radeon/mergedfb/cvs/DRI/final/
>just grab ati_drv.o, radeon_drv.o, and XFree86.  back up your old
>copies before you add these.

Yep, our 4.3.0 has MonitorLayout.  I believe I updated the 
manpage for this as well, but if it isn't and someone files a 
bugzilla I'll update it too.


-- 
Mike A. Harris


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