--- Marc Aurele La France <tsi@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, 13 Aug 2005, Rick wrote: > > --- Marc Aurele La France <tsi@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On Thu, 11 Aug 2005, Rick wrote: > >>> --- Marc Aurele La France <tsi@xxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > >>>> On Wed, 10 Aug 2005, Rick wrote: > >>>>> I am trying to configure my system for dual > display, > >>>>> using two single-head display adapters. > > >>>>> I have attached relevant files. > > >>>>> Both sets of display hardware are recognized > by PCI > >>>>> scans. However, when XFree86 starts, it > reports that > >>>>> there is "No matching device section" for the > second > >>>>> set of display hardware. (Please refer to > attached > >>>>> files). I do have two sections in XF86Config > with > >>>>> correct (I think) PCI addresses set up. I > cannot > >>>>> understand why it cannot find the device > section for > >>>>> 00:13:00. > > >>>> I don't see anything obvious in what you've > attached > >>>> so far. Please attach /var/log/XFree86.0.log. > > >>> I accidentally omitted the log file in the > original > >>> mailing. Here it is. > > >> The problem seems to be that your layout section > >> specifies only one screen. > >> Or did you already try that? > > > I uncommented the second screen specification in > the > > layout section and tried starting X. According to > the > > log file (attached) that does indeed seem to take > care > > of the "No matching device section" for the second > > video card - it now identifies both cards with > their > > appropriate device setions. However, there is now > a > > different problem. If you look at the log file, > there > > are two errors, "Cannot read V_BIOS" for the > second > > display adapter, and X eventually hangs with > multiple > > notifications of "SMI_GEReset called from > smi_accel.c > > line xxx" (xxx being several different line > numbers), > > shown at the end of the log file. > > > Any idea what is happening? > > My guess is that the 0:13:0 adapter is on the > motherboard. That's rather > unusual given it's a PCI adapter on a motherboard > that also provides AGP. > Anyway, if this is the case, your system BIOS > probably provides the onboard > adapter's BIOS only when it is the primary. > Assuming your system BIOS allows > you to, try designating the 0:13:0 device as primary > adapter. > > The repeated AGP engine resets are perhaps related. > I don't really know. > Perhaps someone else will pipe in. > > Marc. > Hi Marc, Thank you for your advice. This system is a bit unusual. It's a Panasonic CF-81 which was being thrown out at my company (originally running Windows 2000). It has dual SXGA monitors built into it (actually it comes standard with a single video card/monitor and is upgradeable to two by adding a card and monitor). You are correct that the primary card is AGP and the second card installed goes into a PCI slot. The machine itself is a very small box, probably no more real estate on the motherboard than a typical laptop. In one of the manuals that I was able to download, it shows a bios screen where you can specify which monitor to use for each display card (AGP and PCI), however, when I bring up the BIOS setup screen, that particular option is not shown - I have no idea why not. Regards, Rick __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail for Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
