[Intel-gfx] ZaphodHeads with intel X driver

chris at chris-wilson.co.uk chris at chris-wilson.co.uk
Wed Feb 6 23:11:43 CET 2013


On Wed, Feb 06, 2013 at 06:43:53PM +0000, Kamble, Nitin A wrote:
> 
> On a Intel core i3 (ivybridge) system (NUC) with 2 HDMI ports, I am trying to
> get two independent screens by following this method.
> http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/X.Org/
> Dual_Monitors#Single_graphics_card.2C_Multiple_X_screens_with_ZaphodHeads
>  
> And X is failing to start complaining about no usable screens.
>  
> I also came across this commit.
> http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-intel/commit/
> ?id=265d94e0aa46b30a3198893544dd3619cc9145de
>  
> So Looks like the config with ZaphodHeads should work. Is there anything wrong
> in this config? How can I get it to work?

That's quite difficult to tell since you did not attach the xorg.conf
you experimented with, or the resultant Xorg.log.

Quite probably you simply missed the Option "AccelMethod" "SNA", but
since you got an error message about no screens detected, the error
is actually likely to be something else.
-Chris

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