> On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 10:50:14 -0500 > John Hobbie <hobbie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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. You must have a newer Dell. I don't think moving to the latest XFree86 will help me. When I added the 2nd adapter, my BIOS automatically make that the primary adapter and do not properly initialize the on-board AGP adapter, which Marc, who wrote the ati driver said cannot be overcome at s/w driver level (my interpretation). That Dell BIOS (from Optiplex GX1, PIII 500) was indeed a lobotomised version. > 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. Have you compared /etc/X11/XF86Config from the two machines? If they are identical, try comparing /var/log/XFree86.0.log. > I have sent messages to this list and got no responses, also. > > Anyway, you are definately not alone. Good luck, Actually I did get a response, but you are the first who runs a Dell with AGP + PCI adapter to own up. By the way, I've read that drivers from nvidia currently do not work with linux kernel 2.6+. This may have been fixed. In the meantime, alternative driver are not as optimised. Thanks -Asri > 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
