problems with ati 9600 xinerama

[Alex Deucher]

On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 13:47:36 -0500, Chuck Mead <csm at moongroup.com> wrote:
> Alex Deucher wrote:
> 
> > Could you post your log rather than your config?  The log (Xorg.0.log)
> > should be in /var/log/
> 
> see attached... perhaps it has in it the things you are looking for...
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >>Also... patching X is not something I will be doing with this
> >>installation. It's a rhel4 beta 2 install that I am using to develop
> >>updates for Red Hat courseware so it has to stay as it is for now. So
> >>between that fact and the additional fact that I cannot code my way out
> >>of a wet paper sack (admin here and proud of it :-) it's not a good idea
> >>to start hacking at this install. Useful patches that fix brokenness
> >>should probably be thrust in Mike Harris direction... :-)
> >
> >
> > 1559 is likely to make it into 6.8.2.
> 
> Cool!
> 
> >>        Option      "MonitorLayout" "CRT, CRT"
> >
> >
> >            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > this option should be in the device section for screen 0 of your config.
> 
> Uhm... in the device section or the screen section... I am not sure what
> you mean.
> 

like this:

Section "Device"
       Identifier  "Videocard0"
       Driver      "radeon"
       VendorName  "ATI"
       BoardName   "ATI Radeon 9600"
       Option      "AGPMode" "4"
       Option      "AGPFastWrite" "on"
       Option      "BusType" "AGP"
       Option      "DCCMode" "on"
       Option      "MonitorLayout" "CRT, CRT"
       BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
       Screen      0
EndSection

> --
> 
> 
> csm at moongroup.com, head geek
> http://moongroup.com
> 
> 
> 
> X Window System Version 6.8.1
> Release Date: 17 September 2004
> X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.1
> Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.21-14.ELsmp x86_64 [ELF]
> Current Operating System: Linux stealth.moongroup.office 2.6.9-1.675_EL #1 Wed Nov 10 22:09:32 EST 2004 x86_64
> Build Date: 20 October 2004
> Build Host: dolly.build.redhat.com
>
 
[snip]

> (**) RADEON(0): Option "MonitorLayout" "CRT,CRT"
> (**) RADEON(0): Option "MergedFB" "True"
> (**) RADEON(0): Option "CRT2HSync" "30-70"
> (**) RADEON(0): Option "CRT2VRefresh" "50-160"
> (**) RADEON(0): Option "CRT2Position" "RightOf"
> (**) RADEON(0): Option "MetaModes" "1280x1024-1280x1024"
> (==) RADEON(0): RGB weight 565

can you attach the log from when you were trying without mergedfb?

thanks,

Alex