About xinerama support of x.org with ATI IGP 340M

Alex Deucher alexdeucher at gmail.com
Fri Dec 16 10:19:07 PST 2005


On 12/15/05, Eddie Cao <eddie.cao at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I tried the fix, but without luck. The error message is the same, that it
> cannot detect the second monitor. Is it because of the faulty ATI driver or
> something? Can we use XFree86's driver in X.org?

They are the same driver.  the one in Xorg just has more features. 
Can you post you full logs somewhere? one with the monitorlayout
option and one without?

Thanks,

Alex

>
> Regards
>
> Eddie
>
>
> On 12/15/05, Paul Kaplan <pkaplan1 at comcast.net> wrote:
> > Not to rain on your parade...I tried this fix on xorg 6.9 cvs (~Aug this
> year)
> > on Mandriva with an ATI M7 7500 and could never get Xinerama to work.  I
> > stayed with 6.8.2.
> >
> > On Thursday 15 December 2005 01:12 am, Alex Deucher wrote:
> > > On 12/14/05, Eddie Cao <eddie.cao at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > I am a debian user. I recently bought a LCD display, which I intended
> to
> > > > use as an external display for my laptop (HP NC4000 with IGP 340M).
> I've
> > > > read some articles about dual-head set-up on the web. The problem is
> that
> > > > it works flawlessly on XFree86 in debian testing, but not on X.org in
> > > > debian testing. X.org complains that it "Failed to detect secondary
> > > > monitor, MergedFB/Clone mode disabled". Here is a part of the output
> of
> > > > diff between xorg.log and XFree86.log (diff Xorg.log.0 XFree86.log.0):
> > >
> > > Add this line to the device section of your config to force both
> displays
> > > on: option "monitorlayout" "lvds, crt"
> > >
> > > Alex
> > >
> > > > 23c534,536
> > > > < (II) RADEON(0): EDID data from the display on port 1
> > > > ----------------------
> > > > ---
> > > >
> > > > > (II) RADEON(0): Displays Detected: Monitor1--Type 2, Monitor2--Type
> 1
> > > > >
> > > > > (II) RADEON(0): Monitor2 EDID data ---------------------------
> > > >
> > > > 59a573
> > > >
> > > > > (II) RADEON(0): End of Monitor2 EDID data --------------------
> > > >
> > > > 61,74c575,918
> > > > < (II) RADEON(0): Primary:
> > > > <  Monitor   -- CRT
> > > > <  Connector -- VGA
> > > > <  DAC Type  -- Primary
> > > > <  TMDS Type -- NONE
> > > > <  DDC Type  -- VGA_DDC
> > > > < (II) RADEON(0): Secondary:
> > > > <  Monitor   -- NONE
> > > > <  Connector -- Proprietary
> > > > <  DAC Type  -- TVDAC/ExtDAC
> > > > <  TMDS Type -- NONE
> > > > <  DDC Type  -- NONE
> > > > < (II) RADEON(0): PLL parameters: rf=2700 rd=60 min=12000 max=35000;
> > > > xclk=13300
> > > > < (WW) RADEON(0): Failed to detect secondary monitor, MergedFB/Clone
> mode
> > > > disabled
> > > > ---
> > > >
> > > > > (II) RADEON(0): Primary Display == Type 2
> > > > > (II) RADEON(0): Panel ID string: 1024x768
> > > > > (II) RADEON(0): Panel Size from BIOS: 1024x768
> > > > > (II) RADEON(0): BIOS provided dividers will be used.
> > > > > (==) RADEON(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
> > > > > (II) RADEON(0): Validating modes on Primary head ---------
> > > > > (II) RADEON(0): Total number of valid DDC mode(s) found: 0
> > > > > (II) RADEON(0): Valid mode using on-chip RMX: 1024x768
> > > > > (II) RADEON(0): Total number of valid FP mode(s) found: 1
> > > > > (--) RADEON(0): Virtual size is 1024x768 (pitch 1024)
> > > > > (**) RADEON(0): *Mode "1024x768": 65.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz),
> 48.4
> > > >
> > > > kHz, 60.0 Hz
> > > >
> > > > > (II) RADEON(0): Modeline "1024x768"   65.00  1024 1040 1176 1344
> 768
> > > > > 770
> > > >
> > > > 776 806
> > > >
> > > > > (**) RADEON(0):  Default mode "640x350": 65.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0
> > > > > MHz),
> > > >
> > > > 48.4 kHz, 60.0 Hz
> > > >
> > > > > (II) RADEON(0): Modeline "640x350"   65.00  640 1040 1176 1344  350
> 770
> > > >
> > > > 776 806
> > > >
> > > > > (**) RADEON(0):  Default mode "640x400": 65.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0
> > > > > MHz),
> > > >
> > > > 48.4 kHz, 60.0 Hz
> > > >
> > > > > (II) RADEON(0): Modeline "640x400"   65.00  640 1040 1176 1344  400
> 770
> > > >
> > > > 776 806
> > > >
> > > > > (**) RADEON(0):  Default mode "720x400": 65.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0
> > > > > MHz),
> > > >
> > > > 48.4 kHz, 60.0 Hz
> > > >
> > > > > (II) RADEON(0): Modeline "720x400"   65.00  720 1040 1176 1344  400
> 770
> > > >
> > > > 776 806
> > > >
> > > > > (**) RADEON(0):  Default mode "640x480": 65.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0
> > > > > MHz),
> > > >
> > > > 48.4 kHz, 60.0 Hz
> > > >
> > > > > (II) RADEON(0): Modeline "640x480"   65.00  640 1040 1176 1344  480
> 770
> > > >
> > > > 776 806
> > > >
> > > > > (**) RADEON(0):  Default mode "800x600": 65.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0
> > > > > MHz),
> > > >
> > > > 48.4 kHz, 60.0 Hz
> > > >
> > > > > (II) RADEON(0): Modeline "800x600"   65.00  800 1040 1176 1344  600
> 770
> > > >
> > > > 776 806
> > > >
> > > > > (**) RADEON(0):  Default mode "832x624": 65.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0
> > > > > MHz),
> > > >
> > > > 48.4 kHz, 60.0 Hz
> > > >
> > > > > (II) RADEON(0): Modeline "832x624"   65.00  832 1040 1176 1344  624
> 770
> > > >
> > > > 776 806
> > > >
> > > > > (==) RADEON(0): DPI set to (75, 75)
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > Eddie
> > > >
> > > >
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