[ati 9600] How to have dual monitor now with the new driver ?

[GiGGz]

Alex Deucher a écrit :
> On 9/18/07, giggz <giggzounet at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Alex Deucher a écrit :
>>> On 9/18/07, GiGGz <giggzounet at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> With the old driver I use MergedFB in order to have a "big desktop". I
>>>> have a laptop and a CRT. With normal configuration I get (with the old
>>>> driver) clone mode when I turn on my CRT. With a different Xorg.conf
>>>> (see xorg.conf at the end) I could have an extended desktop on my LCD
>>>> and my CRT. I have read that now the MergedFB option have been diseabled
>>>> and we must use RandR...how can I do that, in order to have an extended
>>>> desktop ? (with two different resolutions...)
>>> you'll need to add a virtual line to your config set to the max size
>>> desktop you want to use, e.g.,:
>>>
>>>        Subsection "Display"
>>>                Depth   24
>>>                Virtual 2680 1050
>>>                Modes   "1400x1050"
>>>        EndSubSection
>>>
>>> then
>>>
>>> dualhead:
>>> xrandr --output VGA-0 --right-of LVDS
>>>
>>> turn vga port off:
>>> xrandr --output VGA-0 --off
>>>
>>> etc.  See xrandr --help for more.
>>>
>>> Alex
>> Ok...but it seems that my crt is not found... when I launch xrandr -q i
>> get that :
>>
>> Screen 0: minimum 320 x 175, current 1400 x 1050, maximum 1400 x 1050
>> default connected 1400x1050+0+0 0mm x 0mm
>>    1400x1050      60.0*
>>    1280x1024      60.0
>>    1280x960       60.0
>>    1280x800       60.0
>>    1280x768       60.0
>>    1152x864       60.0
>>    1152x768       60.0
>>    1024x768       60.0
>>    960x720        60.0
>>    960x600        60.0
>>    928x696        60.0
>>    896x672        60.0
>>    840x525        60.0
>>    832x624        60.0
>>    800x600        60.0
>>    800x512        60.0
>>    720x450        60.0
>>    720x400        60.0
>>    700x525        60.0
>>    640x512        60.0
>>    640x480        60.0
>>    640x400        60.0
>>    640x384        60.0
>>    640x350        60.0
>>    576x432        60.0
>>    576x384        60.0
>>    512x384        60.0
>>    416x312        60.0
>>    400x300        60.0
>>    360x200        60.0
>>    320x240        60.0
>>    320x200        60.0
>>    320x175        60.0
>>
>>
>> So I can't do anything else...and when I put the line with virtual in my
>> xorg.conf I have a big desktop but on a screen...so it's not an extended
>> desktop. The desktop is bigger that my screen...
>>
>> is there a tip to have a detected crt monitor ?
> 
> something is wrong with your install.  Either you have an old version
> of xrandr or the randr proto or there's a problem with your xserver or
> you are running an old version of the ati driver.
> 
> Alex

I have compiled my kernel and I have activated radeonfb. Can radeonfb be 
the cause of my problem ? I'm running under debian SID.

Thx