Re: XF86 config Problem - Redhat 9

hmmm, it seems the new ddc code has horked up dualhead for some radeon
cards.  I'll give dualhead a try with cvs when I get home tonight.  My
mergedfb code seems to work ok with cvs, but I haven't tried the old
dualhead codepath yet on my m6.

Alex

--- [email protected] wrote:
> 
> I retrieved the latest version from Rawhide, and it gave me a
> mirrored screen, as opposed to a single desktop.  I applied the file
> described below to XFree, and it works fine.  I have two screens as
> one desktop functioning correctly.
> 
> Alex Turner
> NetEconomist
> 
> P.S. My system is as follows:
> 
> Radeon 9000Pro 128MB version
> Tyan Thunder K7X S2469UGN Mobo
> Twin AMD MP2000s
> Soundblaster Live! Sound card.
> 30Gig Maxtor IDE drive (new model with FDBs)
> 2x36 gig 10k Seagate Cheatah SCSI Drives.
> 
> On Tue, May 20, 2003 at 11:21:23AM -0700, Alex Deucher wrote:
> > try this binary:
> > http://www.botchco.com/alex/radeon/430bugfix/radeon_drv.o
> > 
> > Alex
> > 
> > --- Barry Warsaw <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2003-05-20 at 10:40, Alex Deucher wrote:
> > > > Barry is your card a Dell OEM card or did you purchase it?
> > > 
> > > It was purchased after market.  It's a true blue (er, red :) ATI
> > > Radeon
> > > 7500 PCI card, i.e. built-by ATI not powered-by ATI if I
> understand
> > > the
> > > terminology correctly.
> > > 
> > > > I reason I
> > > > ask is that there were some dell specific fixes in the old
> xfree
> > > code
> > > > that went a way with the new DDC code that went into CVS. 
> perhaps
> > > some
> > > > of them are still needed.  if dualhead worked for you in 4.3.0
> with
> > > the
> > > > excpetion of the screen turning off bug, then that may be the
> > > problem.
> > > 
> > > It did.  With the RH9 isos rpms, I definitely had Xinerama
> dual-head
> > > working, except that the secondary screen would blank when you
> moused
> > > over to it.  Maybe the fixes are necessary even for stock ATI
> cards?
> > > 
> > > > BTW, that bug is a one liner fix (one number actually).  you
> could
> > > > revert to the stock 4.3.0 (that worked) code/rpms and change
> the
> > > one
> > > > line to fix the bug.  I can probably even build you a fixed
> binary.
> > > 
> > > Alex, I'm your willing guinea pig.  If you could build me a fixed
> > > binary
> > > (of the X server?), I'd happily install it and let you know. 
> Feel
> > > free
> > > to contact me off list.  
> > > 
> > > Note that this is my home machine so I usually won't get to
> fiddle
> > > with
> > > it until off hours.
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > -Barry
> > > 
> > > 
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