I figured I had to run the command with the xserver running, so i did. Here's the output: $ sudo radeontool regset DAC_CNTL 0xff604102 OLD: DAC_CNTL (0058) 0xff002102 NEW: DAC_CNTL (0058) 0xff604102 but no joy still <div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 11, 2008 10:06 PM, Alex Deucher <<a href="mailto:alexdeucher@gmail.com">alexdeucher@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="Ih2E3d">On Feb 11, 2008 10:09 PM, Ritesh Sood <<a href="mailto:riteshsood@gmail.com">riteshsood@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > Here are the two dumps from radeontool. > </div>does this fix things: ./radeontool regset DAC_CNTL 0xff604102 <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"> Alex > > > On Feb 11, 2008 1:43 PM, Alex Deucher <<a href="mailto:alexdeucher@gmail.com">alexdeucher@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > On Feb 11, 2008 4:10 PM, Ritesh Sood <<a href="mailto:riteshsood@gmail.com">riteshsood@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > > still doesn't work :( > > > > > > > Can you dump the registers with this version of radeontool > > (<a href="http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=users/airlied/radeontool.git;a=summary" target="_blank">http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=users/airlied/radeontool.git;a=summary</a>) > > under both vesa and radeon and send them to me? > > > > as root: > > ./radeontool regmatch '*' > > > > Alex > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 11, 2008 12:28 PM, Alex Deucher <<a href="mailto:alexdeucher@gmail.com">alexdeucher@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Feb 11, 2008 2:48 PM, Ritesh Sood <<a href="mailto:riteshsood@gmail.com">riteshsood@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > > > > just tried VT switching away from X and back. Doesn't help either. > > > > > Also, theres no response to Ctrl-Alt-Plus or Ctrl-Alt-Minus, > although > > > there > > > > > are two modes > > > > > defined in my xorg.conf. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Can you try with the patch I just committed to git > > > > (9ab5d2ec7c583c74f364d7cfbb54bcd2cd8ae2f5)? On certain cards you have > > > > to restore crtc1 before crtc0 or you may end up with a blank screen. > > > > > > > > Alex > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ritesh > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 11, 2008 7:30 AM, Alex Deucher <<a href="mailto:alexdeucher@gmail.com">alexdeucher@gmail.com</a>> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 10, 2008 11:07 PM, Ritesh Sood <<a href="mailto:riteshsood@gmail.com">riteshsood@gmail.com</a>> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for your help, Alex. > > > > > > > I've experimented with xrandr, but the VGA monitor stubbornly > > > refuses to > > > > > > > light up. > > > > > > > Since I use startx, ending the KDE session and going to console > > > brings > > > > > it up > > > > > > > though. > > > > > > > Attached is the ouput from xrandr --prop > > > > > > > If you can give me some more tips, that would be helpful. > > > > > > > A command to give to xrandr, perhaps? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Does a VT switch away from X and then back again help? > > > > > > > > > > > > Alex > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks again, > > > > > > > Ritesh > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 10, 2008 1:28 PM, Alex Deucher <<a href="mailto:alexdeucher@gmail.com">alexdeucher@gmail.com</a>> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 10, 2008 1:37 PM, Ritesh Sood <<a href="mailto:riteshsood@gmail.com">riteshsood@gmail.com</a>> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > > I'm using the radeon driver with two monitors. > Problem > > > is > > > > > that > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > second monitor goes blank. I've been having this > > > > > > > > > problem ever since updating and building the > xfree86-video-ati > > > git > > > > > > > source > > > > > > > > > some two-three weeks ago. The problem has persisted > > > > > > > > > even after regularly updating and building the source as > soon > > > as > > > > > new > > > > > > > code > > > > > > > > > is checked into git. My card is the Radeon 9200. Both > monitors > > > > > > > > > come on with the vesa driver (its slow and it's clone mode > so > > > pretty > > > > > > > > > unusable). The rest of the Xorg components, libs, xserver, > etc > > > are > > > > > built > > > > > > > > > from the latest git source also, so i'm pretty sure the > problem > > > is > > > > > with > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > radeon driver. > > > > > > > > > xorg.cong and log files are attached. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Which monitor works, the one attached to the VGA port or the > DVI > > > port? > > > > > > > > For the non-working monitor, do any modes other than > 1280x1024 > > > work? > > > > > > > > What about other 1280x1024 modes? You can use xrandr to > change > > > the > > > > > > > > modes. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Alex > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > xorg mailing list > > > > > > > <a href="mailto:xorg@lists.freedesktop.org">xorg@lists.freedesktop.org</a> > > > > > > > <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg" target="_blank">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg</a> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > </div></div></blockquote></div>