<html> <head> <style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } </style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> <blockquote><hr>From: heavytull@hotmail.com To: alexdeucher@gmail.com Subject: RE: radeon dual head Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 14:07:01 +0000 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft SafeHTML"> <style> .ExternalClass .EC_hmmessage P {padding:0px;} .ExternalClass EC_body.hmmessage {font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma;} </style> The following is a format corrected of the message i posted yesterday: >>.................start I'm trying to configure my Xserver to get working as th dual head mode on my laptop. it's a 1280x800 flat screen and the extra monitor is a 1440x900. the specific config lines are as follows: Section "Monitor" Identifier "My Monitor" HorizSync 30-48 VertRefresh 60 EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Extra Mon" HorizSync 31.5-67.5 VertRefresh 75 EndSection Section"Screen" Identifier "Screen 1" Device "** ATI Radeon (generic) [radeon]" Monitor "My Monitor" DefaultDepth 24 Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x800" "800x600" ViewPort 0 0 EndSubsection EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen 2" Device "** ATI Radeon (generic) [radeon]" Monitor "Extra Mon" DefaultDepth 24 Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1440x900" ViewPort 0 0 EndSubsection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Simple Layout" Screen "Screen 1" Screen "Screen 2" LeftOf "Screen1" ...EndSection but it doesn't work as expected, the extra monitor display seems to be assigned a 600x800 resolution and shows a part of the desktop but can slip on the whole desktop when the pointer reaches an end of the screen. While the main screen of the laptop is assigned the correct resolution. the output of the Xorg.log is as follows: (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun Dec 23 13:18:44 2007 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" (==) ServerLayout "Simple Layout"(**) |-->Screen "Screen 1" (0) (**) | |-->Monitor "My Monitor" (**) | |-->Device "** ATI Radeon (generic) [radeon]" (**) |-->Screen "Screen 2" (1) (**) | |-->Monitor "Extra Mon" (**) | |-->Device "** ATI Radeon (generic) [radeon]" (EE) Screen Screen1 doesn't exist: deleting placement While when the xorg.conf file is configured for a single head everything is OK. >>....................end > > Your mailer seems to have messed up your message. bloody hotmail >What version of the > driver are you using? how do you check this information? >The 6.7.19x series only supports multi-head via > xrandr. zaphod mode is not suppored. If you want to use zaphod mode, > you'll need either 6.6.3 or ati git master. > > Alex by the way i would like to know if this is normal tthat drm is never loaded. when i load it manually it says: root@slack12:/home/slackkk# modprobe drm FATAL: Error inserting drm (/lib/modules/2.6.21.5-smp/kernel/drivers/char/drm/drm.ko): Cannot allocate memory but the X interface works well, Open GL screen savers are Ok, some are slow. google earth is not hard accelerated at all, it is awfully slow and runs th CPU at 100% <hr>Think you know your TV, music and film? <a href="https://www.searchcharades.com" target="_blank">Try Search Charades!</a> </blockquote> <hr />Everything in one place. <a href='http://www.windowslive.co.uk/get-live' target='_new'>All new Windows Live!</a></body> </html>