Hi -- I saw your frustration in getting no response. I think the problem is a lot more common than you think. I have two identical Dells, and have installed nVidia GeForce cards, one AGP the other PCI, and had to go to the XFree86 version 4.4.0 (the latest, if the numbers I quoted are not correct) to get the drivers because these were new cards. One works fine and Gnome comes up on both screens. The other system has a strange login screen (xerm?) but can be made to be Gnome and then Gnome exists on one screen but only a blank -- gray screen -- on the other. However, the mouse cursor will move from one screen to the other, but clicking (either right or left) on the gray screen gives no response. The only thing I can think that was done differernt during setup, was that I answered one of the questions differently during the setup. Weird. I have sent messages to this list and got no responses, also. Anyway, you are definately not alone. Good luck, Hobbie > On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 08:08:28 -0600 (MDT) > Marc Aurele La France <tsi@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Wed, 28 Jul 2004, Asri Sulaiman wrote: > > > > > Marc Aurele La France wrote: > > > >> Your options, at this point, are to talk to Dell (dead end), give up on the > > > >> onboard adapter in multihead, replace your motherboard, or get a system that's > > > >> not so broken. Or, as I suggested above, atyfb _might_ come in handy for a > > > >> change. > > > > > I would like to try atyfb first. But please forgive > > > my ignorance. What would be the best way to set it up? > > > > > I found atyfb.o in > > > /lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2115.nptl/kernel/drivers/video/aty > > > "modprobe atyfb" seems ok at first, but system hang when > > > I do "init 3". > > > > Well, I did say atyfb _might_ work, not _would_ work. > > > > > Put modprobe in rc.local, and it hang during boot. (Fortunately > > > I found the install CD needed to do a rescue. A good side > > > effect: it moved me to convert all my ext2 partition to ext3 > > > so recovery would not be so long next time I hit "reset") > > > > > Adding "Load atyfb" in the XF86Config file, Section "Module": > > > it says module not found in XF86 log. > > > > Right. atyfb is a kernel module, not an XFree86 one. > > > > Marc. > > Thank you for your help. > Though I'd add a postcript to this post. > I have accepted the fact that though it may work on other PC's > with different BIOS, I am never going to get my Dell Optiplex to > be dual-headed with a PCI and the on-board AGP adapter. > > Judging from the response and net search, this problem is not > as common as I thought it would be. > > I plan to get a cheap 2nd PCI adapter temporarily. For longer > term I am looking at a dual-head ATI Radeon which is common > here in Melbourne, Australia. I still have not heard of fix to > nvidia (8k/4k stack issue?) for linux kernel 2.6+ > > Comments anyone? > > Thank You. > -Asri Sulaiman > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
