Dual head zaphod working!

Alex Deucher alexdeucher at gmail.com
Sun Jan 2 16:41:05 PST 2011


On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 8:53 PM, Nate Bargmann <n0nb at n0nb.us> wrote:
> Thanks to the list.  I received my dual head card, a Radeon X700 which
> is an OEM part for this ThnikCentre.  The Zaphod head mode is working
> well for me on Linux Mint 10 with Visual Effects set to None (enabling
> them interferes with an FLTK program I run).  I have noted an
> interesting behavior of gnome-screensaver.  It seems as though the
> screensaver will start correctly but if an OpenGL saver is started, it
> will just freeze.  Now the display does not freeze as it responds to the
> keyboard or mouse and I can get back to the desktop.  2d savers seem
> fine.  Also, the power management seems unable to put the monitors to
> sleep.
>
> I can provide whatever information needed from the system.  Would a bug
> report be proper?

Direct rendering is not currently supported across multiple GPUs.

Alex

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