i810 (chipset: 830M): Unable to clone, pipe b always inactive

[Alan Hourihane]

Thomas,

First of all, you should probably use.


	Option "MonitorLayout" "CRT,LFP"

Secondly, your Clone options should be in the first heads configuration,
not the second.

That should get you going.

Alan.

On Tue, 2005-09-27 at 01:09 +0200, Thomas Heinz wrote:
> Hi
> 
> The attached xorg.conf specifies a dual head setup with cloning for a 830M 
> graphics chipset. I have tried several variations of the setup but pipe b 
> always remains inactive. Using Option "MonitorLayout" "LFP+CRT" works but 
> it is impossible to drive the CRT with a different refresh rate than the 
> LFP (since both share the same pipe).
> 
> The xorg log file is also attached. Let's walk through some interesting 
> lines in the following:
> 
> (WW) The core pointer device wasn't specified explicitly in the layout.
>         Using the first keyboard device.
> 
> This is only a minor point but I don't really understand why this warning 
> is printed. Using "CorePointer" in the keyboard InputDevice section and 
> InputDevice "Keyboard" "CorePointer" in the ServerLayout section does not 
> remove the warning. Still, it does not seem to be a problem.
> 
> 
> (WW) I810: More than one matching Device section for instances
>         (BusID: PCI:0:2:0) found: GraphicsPipe2
> 
> Why is that?
> 
> 
> (WW) I810(0): Bad V_BIOS checksum
> 
> Does not sound too good. Could it be the reason for the problem?
> 
> 
> (WW) I810(0): Extended BIOS function 0x5f11 not supported.
> 
> Same as previous.
> 
> 
> (WW) I810(0): Bad V_BIOS checksum
> 
> Again.
> 
> 
> (II) I810(0): Display Info: CRT: attached: TRUE, present: TRUE, size: (0,0)
> (II) I810(0): Display Info: LFP (local flat panel): attached: TRUE, 
> present: TRUE, size: (1024,768)
> 
> Correct: both CRT and LFP are present and attached.
> 
> 
> (II) I810(0): Currently active displays on Pipe A:
> (II) I810(0):   LFP (local flat panel)
> 
> Ok.
> 
> (II) I810(0): No active displays on Pipe B.
> 
> Here is my problem.
> 
> 
> Do you have any idea how to approach this problem?
> 
> Thank you very much for your help.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Thomas
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