Re: Dual Head on Dell 640 ATI Radeon Mobility 7500

I'm using 4.3.0-2, stock RH 9.0.  I just tried it with your driver; no 
change.  Just for the heck of it I also added "CloneDisplay" "0" to  the 
primary device, but it didn't make a difference either.

Hugh

>weird.  I think there is a bug in the recent cvs radeon code that seems
>to cause clone mode to override other modes on the second head.  I
>assume you are using xfree 4.3.0?  if you are using one of the newer -8
>or -10 rpms from Mike, they have the newer cvs code. try backing off to
>the version that came with rh9 (assuming you are using redhat 9), or
>replace your radeon_drv.o with this one:
>
>http://www.botchco.com/alex/radeon/430bugfix/radeon_drv.o
>
>it fixes the dualhead cursor/screen blank bug, but leaves out the new
>ddc and clone code.  My new cvs mergedfb code gets rid of the old clone
>code (has it's own) and seems to work ok, so there might be a bug in
>the clone logic.  My guess is something having to do with the monitor
>detection and clone mode enabling.  I suspect clone gets explicitly
>enabled when a second monitor is detected, even if a user wants to do
>two separate distinct heads.  
>
>Alex
>

-- 
Hugh Caley, Unix Systems Administrator
Affymetrix Inc., 510-428-8537
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