Dual Head using Intel driver

[Alan Hourihane]

Then you should confirm things with the Asianux folks.

Alan.

On Thu, 2008-06-19 at 13:31 +0530, Rudradev AC wrote:
> Hi Alan,
> 
> Thank you for the reply.
> But the source code and the behavior are different of both drivers.
> 
> Intel driver -> The X-Server works fine (without any crash) using intel
> driver. The only minor issue in intel driver is that the external
> monitor is considered as primary head always in extended desktop mode.
> 
> i810 driver -> As I reported earlier, the X-Server crashes after 2
> executions using i810 driver. Also the i810 driver considers the active
> display as the primary head.
> 
> Regards,
> Rudradev AC
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Hourihane [mailto:alanh at fairlite.demon.co.uk] 
> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 12:59 PM
> To: Rudradev AC
> Cc: simos.lists at googlemail.com; xorg list; Deepak Bhatia; Ashish Jain
> Subject: RE: Dual Head using Intel driver
> 
> I will add, that if the intel_drv.so and i810_drv.so are provided in the
> same RPM called xorg-x11-drv-i810-1.6.5-9.2.1AX.src.rpm then I suspect
> the "intel" driver is just a copy of the 1.6.5 "i810" driver with name
> changes.
> 
> Alan.
> 
> On Thu, 2008-06-19 at 10:39 +0530, Rudradev AC wrote:
> > Hi Alan,
> > 
> > I am using Asianux Server 3 distribution.
> > The Xorg release provided by Asianux Server 3 is X11R 7.1.
> > 
> > This distribution provides few drivers whose .so will be placed in
> > /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers.
> > The .so for i810 is i810_drv.so and for intel is intel_drv.so.
> > The source code for both driver (i810 and intel) is provided by
> Asianux
> > server 3 in a single RPM named xorg-x11-drv-i810-1.6.5-9.2.1AX.src.rpm
> > 
> > I have not downloaded any driver code or binary from intel website.
> But
> > the Asianux Server 3 distribution provides intel_drv.so. Please let me
> > know is this the same intel driver you are talking about (in which
> > extended desktop is not possible). I am confused since I achieved the
> > extended and expanded mode using this intel driver provided by Asianux
> > Server 3 distribution.
> > 
> > Please let me know, what is the difference between i810 and intel
> driver
> > provided by Asianux Server 3. My understanding is that the driver
> named
> > intel is provided by intel and i810 is provided by xorg. Please
> correct
> > my understanding.
> > 
> > Also please let me know some more details about the intel driver you
> are
> > talking about that can be used with X11R 7.1.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Rudradev AC
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Alan Hourihane [mailto:alanh at fairlite.demon.co.uk] 
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 1:04 PM
> > To: Rudradev AC
> > Cc: simos.lists at googlemail.com; xorg list; Deepak Bhatia; Ashish Jain
> > Subject: RE: Dual Head using Intel driver
> > 
> > On Wed, 2008-06-18 at 10:08 +0530, Rudradev AC wrote:
> > > Hi Alan / Simos,
> > > 
> > > Sorry to bother you again, please help me.
> > > 
> > > The Xorg release I am using is X11R 7.1, and I am bound to that.
> > > 
> > > Please let me know using RandR version 1.1 and Intel driver can we
> > > achieve extended desktop. I tried, but RandR version 1.1 does not
> have
> > > output option. Sorry, I am restricted to RandR version 1.1, I am not
> > > allowed to upgrade RandR package.
> > 
> > It won't work. The "intel" driver needs X11R7.3 or later because of
> the
> > reliance on XRandR 1.2.
> > 
> > > Also as i810 driver worked with xinerama option, in the same way can
> > > Intel driver support extended desktop. I don't think so, but want to
> > > confirm.
> > 
> > That's exactly what happens and how it works. The i810 driver uses
> > Xinerama for extended desktop, whereas XRandR 1.2 no longer requires
> > Xinerama to achieve extended desktop.
> > 
> > > I am trying for extended desktop with the same xorg.conf file which
> > > worked with i810 driver, just by changing the Driver field from i810
> > to
> > > intel(with xinerama option). 
> > 
> > You can't just change the driver - again it won't work. The "intel"
> > driver expects X11R7.3.
> > 
> > > Still trying with few modification in xorg.conf hoping for extended
> > > desktop to work using X11R 7.1 release packages.
> > 
> > For X11R7.1 uses i810 and Xinerama - plain and simple.
> > 
> > Alan.
> > 
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