Re: 4.3.0-5 patch

the "ati" driver is just a wrapper for r128, atimisc, and radeon. 
However, it looks like the probe code for the different drivers gets
compiled into ati_drv.o rather than the actual drivers themselves.

Alex

--- Barry Warsaw <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-04-28 at 16:20, Aaron Wade wrote:
> > the 4.3.0-5 isn't a patch perse. It's a release from mharris
> containing fixes 
> > for the radeon driver etc.
> 
> Ok, I've downloaded 4.3.0-5 and installed it and now I'm seeing some
> (different) weird stuff. ;}
> 
> First, I'm now getting mirrored displays instead of two screens. 
> This
> with Xinerama turned on or off.  I can't seem to get my dual head
> back. 
> Second, the screen geometries seem a bit off.  The primary screen has
> the top few pixels chopped off while the secondary screen as the top
> few
> and right few pixels chopped off.  The mirrors are not exact
> duplicates
> of each other.
> 
> Also, the secondary screen still has some terrible vertical ghosting
> while the primary screen is fuzzy and has a little bit of vertical
> ghosting (but not as much).  All in all kind of depressing. :(
> 
> BTW, what is the difference between the ati driver and the radeon
> driver, and which one should I be using?  I tried both and don't see
> too
> much difference.  I'm attaching my XF86Config file below, which still
> has the ati driver test.
> 
> If I should be filing bug reports instead of posting here, please let
> me
> know.
> 
> -Barry
> 
> 
> > # XFree86 4 configuration created by redhat-config-xfree86
> 
> Section "ServerLayout"
> 	Identifier     "XFree86 Configured"
> 	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
> 	Screen      1  "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
> 	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
> 	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Files"
> 	RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
> 	ModulePath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
> 	FontPath     "unix/:7100"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Module"
> 	Load  "dbe"
> 	Load  "dri"
> 	Load  "extmod"
> 	Load  "glx"
> 	Load  "record"
> 	Load  "xtrap"
> 	Load  "speedo"
> 	Load  "type1"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "ServerFlags"
> 	Option "Xinerama" "On"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
> 	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
> 	Driver      "keyboard"
> 	Option	    "XkbRules" "xfree86"
> 	Option	    "XkbModel" "microsoft"
> 	Option	    "XkbLayout" "us"
> 	Option	    "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
> 	Identifier  "Mouse0"
> 	Driver      "mouse"
> 	Option	    "Device" "/dev/mouse"
> 	Option	    "Protocol" "MouseManPlusPS/2"
> 	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "off"
> 	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Monitor"
> 	Identifier   "Monitor0"
> 	VendorName   "DELL"
> 	ModelName    "DELL E171FP"
> 	Option	    "DPMS"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Monitor"
> 	Identifier   "Monitor1"
> 	VendorName   "DELL"
> 	ModelName    "DELL E171FP"
> 	Option	    "DPMS"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Device"
> 
> #	Option	    "CrtSCreen" ""
> #	Option	    "UseFBDev" "false"
> 	Identifier  "Card0"
> 	Driver      "ati"
> 	VendorName  "ATI"
> 	BoardName   "ATI Radeon 7500"
> 	BusID       "PCI:1:11:0"
> 	Screen	    0
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Device"
> 
> #	Option	    "CrtSCreen"
> #	Option	    "UseFBDev" "false"
> 	Identifier  "Card1"
> 	Driver      "ati"
> 	VendorName  "ATI"
> 	BoardName   "ATI Radeon 7500"
> 	BusID       "PCI:1:11:0"
> 	Screen      1
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Screen"
> 	Identifier "Screen0"
> 	Device     "Card0"
> 	Monitor    "Monitor0"
> 	DefaultDepth     24
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Depth     24
> 		Modes    "1280x1024" "1280x1024"
> 	EndSubSection
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Screen"
> 	Identifier "Screen1"
> 	Device     "Card1"
> 	Monitor    "Monitor1"
> 	DefaultDepth     24
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Depth     24
> 		Modes    "1280x1024" "1280x1024"
> 	EndSubSection
> EndSection
> 


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