Two Radeon Cards, Dell Dimension, Linux and x.org

[Ricky Rivera]

I forgot to mention, I have an AGP All-in-Wonder Radeon (R100) and a PCI
7000 as well.  I didn't get a hard lock the first time I tried it, just an
infinite loop of some sort, so it managed to write a log file:
http://s88382932.onlinehome.us/files/Xorg.0.log-aticvs
my config:
http://s88382932.onlinehome.us/files/xorg.conf

--Ricky

On 3/16/06, Ricky Rivera <ricky.rivera at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am actually having the exact same problem.  I built the radeon driver
> from the ati-1-0-branch last night, but that didn't seem to fix the
> problem.  I'm currently in the process of building xorg-server and the
> radeon driver from the trunk.  We'll see if that fixes anything...
>
> --Ricky
>
>
> On 3/16/06, Alex Deucher <alexdeucher at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 3/16/06, Thorsten Becker <thorsten.becker at gmx.de> wrote:
> > > Xorg 7.0.0, kernel 2.6.15-gentoo-r1
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > To create a dual seat system I bought a Readeon 7000 PCI card for my
> > Dell
> > > Dimension 4550, which has a Radeon 9700 already installed. The Problem
> > is: I
> > > can only get one card to work at a time. Trying to start an X server
> > on the
> > > "wrong card" results in locking up the system (it doesn't even write
> > an
> > > Xorg.0.log logfile)
> > >
> > > What I tried so far:
> > >
> > > BIOS settings: The somewhat crippled BIOS in the dell system only has
> > a few
> > > settings that could be relevant: "Primary Video Controller" is one of
> > them,
> > > it can be set to AGP or Auto.
> > > If set to AGP, the AGP card works, the vga console is shown on the
> > Monitor
> > > that is connected to that card. I can start an X server for that card,
> > and it
> > > works.
> > > If set to Auto, the PCI card works, and I can start an X server for
> > that card.
> > >
> > > But If it is set to AGP, and I try to start an X server for the PCI
> > card, the
> > > result is  a complete system lockup, same the other way round.
> > >
> > > I tried to get some useful debugging output by starting X for the
> > "wrong card"
> > > via ssh and get some information via the -verbose Option. Such a log
> > can be
> > > found here:
> > > http://www.tuxdesk.de/Xremote.log
> > >
> > > The xorg.conf can be found here:
> > > http://www.tuxdesk.de/xorg.conf.2120
> > >
> > > One time a short Xorg log was written. I out it here:
> > > http://www.tuxdesk.de/Xorg.0.log
> > >
> > > When I start X whith the -verbose option, the last thing I can see is
> > always
> > >
> > > (II) RADEON(0): initializing int10
> > > (--) RADEON(0): Chipset: "ATI Radeon VE/7000 QY (AGP/PCI)" (ChipID =
> > 0x5159)
> > > (--) RADEON(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xe0000000
> > > (--) RADEON(0): VideoRAM: 8192 kByte (64 bit SDR SDRAM)
> > > (II) RADEON(0): Color tiling enabled by default
> > > (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libddc.so
> > > (II) Module ddc: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
> > >         compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.0
> > > (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libi2c.so
> > > (II) Module i2c: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
> > >         compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.2.0
> > > (II) RADEON(0): I2C bus "DDC" initialized.
> > >
> > > and sometimes I see Messages like
> > > "Requesting insufficient memory window!: start: 0xff800000
> > > end: 0xff9fffff size 0xff820000"
> > >
> > > The cards work simultaneously with the other OS, so I thought they
> > sould work
> > > with xorg too.
> > >
> > > I would be happy to get some input on what to try next, which options
> > I might
> > > have overlooked and what I could try to get a more meaningful
> > debugging
> > > output.
> >
> > try again with the latest radeon driver on the cvs trunk or the
> > ati-1.0-branch, or grab teh latest binary dri snapshots:
> > http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/Download#head-55420c59a1c2e9a70f07a6fa02f0d228ffb87b76
> >
> >
> > Alex
> >
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Thorsten
> > _______________________________________________
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> > xorg at lists.freedesktop.org
> > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
> >
>
>
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