Joe,
I tried a 3 headed configuration with 3 ATI Xpert128 cards and needed
XFree86 4.2 to get the cards to work. Even then they came up as one huge
screen and when you have 3 screens that leaves a big hole. The ATI drivers
for Linux don't seem to work very well.
Jim Fitzmaurice
jpfitz@fnal.gov
UNIX is very user friendly, It's just very particular about who it makes
friends with.
Message: 3
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 21:14:55 -0300
From: joe <joe@shinobi.mathstat.dal.ca>
To: newbie@xfree86.org
Subject: [Newbie]X 4.1 & Dual Head
Reply-To: newbie@XFree86.Org
Hi,
I'm running Linux 2.4.18 (debian sid), and X 4.1.
I'm attempting to setup Xinerama for dual head display, using 2 video
cards: an AGP Matrox g400 and a PCI ATI Rage 128, monitors connected to
them are a 19" sceptre and a 17" apple studio display, respectively.
X sees both my video cards, and there is nothing in the X log file that
would indicate a problem (that i can see, anyway).
I read that part of the problem could be solved by using the UseFBDev
Option for the ATI Rage device, so I added it, and when starting X with
+xinerama, my main monitor goes blank, no signal to the 17". Without
UseFBDev, X starts normally and still nothing appears on the 17" (no
signal, nothing).
Here's my configuration...I can send parts of the X log along too...any
help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
Screen "Screen 2"
Screen "Screen 1" LeftOf "Screen 2"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
Load "pex5"
Load "record"
Load "xie"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Rage"
Driver "r128"
VideoRam 16384
BusID "PCI:0:12:0"
Option "UseFBDev"
Clocks 12.5 250
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Matrox"
Driver "mga"
VendorName "Matrox"
BoardName "MGA G400 AGP"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Apple"
ModelName "Studio Display"
HorizSync 30.0 - 60.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 75.0 #don't know if this is correct. i
#think it should be ok though.
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "SPT"
ModelName "SCEPTRE D98A"
HorizSync 31.0 - 95.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 120.0
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "Matrox"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 2"
Device "Rage"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection
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