Independent Multimonitor Mode in X11R7.3

[Jason Kim]

You have to configure your xorg.conf as multi-head. No clone and no
Xinerama. X server has multiple independent screen concept in it upto 16
screens. 

Zaphod mode is not related to XRANDR, although it seems zaphod support
in ATI driver was implemented on top of XRANDR base in driver level. It
seems each screen has one CRTC.

XRANDR doesn't support zaphod as someone mentioned before. It only
support extended or clone mode.  

Jason

On Fri, 2008-06-13 at 21:59 +0530, Deepak Bhatia wrote:
> Hi Jason,
>  
> Kindly give us the command for zaphod mode.
>  
> Is it achieved using xrandr......?
>  
> Regards
>  
> Deepak Bhatia
> 
> 
> ______________________________________________________________________
> From: Jason Kim [mailto:jason at userful.com]
> Sent: Fri 6/13/2008 8:14 PM
> To: Deepak Bhatia
> Cc: Alan Hourihane; xorg list
> Subject: RE: Independent Multimonitor Mode in X11R7.3
> 
> 
> Independent screen mode (aka zaphod mode) is not supported in "intel"
> driver.  I've also asked this question before, but haven't gotten any
> answers. I think developers of "intel" driver don't have any plan
> about
> it. Or very low priority..
> 
> The latest ATI driver(6.8.0), however, supports zaphod mode again. It
> was broken before 6.8.0, and reimplemented back since then.
> 
> If "i810" driver supports your video card, then use it for the zaphod
> mode. It is dead now and 1.7.4 was the last version.
> 
> Jason
> 
> On Fri, 2008-06-13 at 18:47 +0530, Deepak Bhatia wrote:
> > Thanks Alan,
> >
> > Can we update the same on
> > http://www.intellinuxgraphics.org/dualhead.html or we can update
> "man
> > i810" page on X11R7.3.
> >
> > Best Regards
> >
> > Deepak Bhatia
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Alan Hourihane [mailto:alanh at fairlite.demon.co.uk]
> > Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 5:48 PM
> > To: Deepak Bhatia
> > Cc: xorg list; dawes at xfree86.org
> > Subject: RE: Independent Multimonitor Mode in X11R7.3
> >
> > On Fri, 2008-06-13 at 17:29 +0530, Deepak Bhatia wrote:
> > > Dear All,
> > >
> > > We have the laptops of HP nx6120 and additional monitor of HP
> LI1706.
> > >
> > > The below link doesn't specifically tells about
> > clone/expand/independent
> > > modes of the dual head.
> > >
> > > The HP laptop has the following chipset Intel 915GM/GMS,910GML
> Express
> > > Chipset.
> > >
> > > I want to request if somebody has written a successful xorg.conf
> or
> > used
> > > xrandr1.2 suitably to get clone/expand/independent.
> >
> > You won't get independent with the new driver. Only expand and
> clone.
> > The independent mode was broken and it's yet to be fixed.
> >
> > Alan.
> >
> >
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