Xorg and multiple graphics cards

[Alex Deucher]

On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 1:47 PM, martin f krafft <madduck at madduck.net> wrote:
> also sprach martin f krafft <madduck at madduck.net> [2009.04.28.1806 +0200]:
>> I tried with EXA in all four sections, and the result I get is
>> another segfault:
>
> Julien pointed me to commit
> faf7dfa099f5b42a703313fbd1bf8afdad07a179, which seems to solve that
> problem.
>
> Unfortunately, like the hydra, this gave way to more problems.
> Remember I have a dual-card triple-head Zaphod setup, so the heads
> are 0-0, 0-1, and 1-0, where the latter is the first and only head
> on the second card. Both cards are Radeon 9200:
>
> 00:0c.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO] (Secondary) (rev 01)
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200] (rev 01)
>
> 1. The 1-0 head has plenty of weird pixelation errors, making fonts
>   only barely readable
>
> 2. X (as well as console-setup on tty) seem to believe the screens
>   are taller and place the bottom edge below the physical edge,
>   meaning I cannot see the bottom centimetre or so. Auto-adjust
>   does not fix this on any of the heds.
>
> 3. When moving the mouse from head to head, the "old" pointer is
>   left on the edge of the head we just left, and stays there while
>   a "new" pointer moves about on the entered head. When moving
>   back, the "new" pointer stays at the edge, and the "old" pointer
>   is resumed.
>
> 4. Switching to tty1 causes screen corruption and the tty is
>   actually never displayed. Switching to X on :0 (I used :1 to
>   test) restores heads 0-0 and 1-0, but head 0-1 stays black --
>   until I reboot.
>
> It feels like progress, but it's not where I need to be yet...
>
> I now have a good feeling of the software and can easily test
> commits, so if you have anything...

It won't work until your secondary card is posted.  Int10 posting of
secondary cards doesn't work with libpciaccess.  The non-int10 post
code in the ddx is incomplete and disabled.  You can try it with the
attached patch, but it likely won't make a difference.  Your best bet
short term is to use xserver 1.4.x.

Alex
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