ati driver dual head 2nd monitor incorrect resolution

John H. mistamaila at yahoo.com
Tue Oct 12 13:02:22 PDT 2004


btw, I upgraded back to 6.8.1 radeon drivers, and it
still works fine.


--- "John H." <mistamaila at yahoo.com> wrote:

> thanks! got it, seems to be working fine now.
> 
> >From what I understand, though, I can't get opengl
> with radeon 9600se with X drivers, can I?
> 
> for anyone who cares, here is my xorg.conf(working)
> 
> Section "ServerLayout"
>          Identifier     "X.org Configured"
> 	Screen 		0 "Screen0" 0 0
> 	Screen		1 "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
>          InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
>          InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "ServerFlags"
>     Option "Xinerama"
> EndSection
>  
>  Section "Files"
>          RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
>          ModulePath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
>          FontPath     "unix/:7100"
>  EndSection
>  
>  Section "Module"
>          Load  "record"
>          Load  "extmod"
>          Load  "dbe"
> #         Load  "dri"
>          Load  "glx"
> #         Load  "xtrap"
> #         Load  "freetype"
> #         Load  "type1"
>          Load  "GLcore"
> #        Load  "ddc"
> #         Load  "bitmap"
>          Load  "vbe"
>  EndSection
>  
>  #Section "Extensions"
>  #       Option "Composite" "Enable"
>  #EndSection 
> 
>  Section "InputDevice"
>          Identifier  "Keyboard0"
>          Driver      "kbd"
>          Option "XkbRules"   "xfree86"
>          Option "XkbModel"   "pc105"
>          Option "XkbLayout"  "us"
> EndSection
>  
>  Section "InputDevice"
>          Identifier  "Mouse0"
>          Driver      "mouse"
>          Option      "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
>          Option      "Device" "/dev/mouse"
>        #  Option "Buttons" "5"
>          Option "ZAxisMapping"  "4 5"
>       #  Option "EmulateWheel"  "1"
>       #  Option "EmulateWheelButton"  "4"
>        #  Option "EmulateWheelInertia"  "10"
>  EndSection
>  
>  Section "Monitor"
>          #DisplaySize      360   270     # mm
>          Identifier   "CRT"
>          VendorName   "CTX"
> 
>      HorizSync   30-95
>      VertRefresh 50-160
>         Option      "DPMS"
>  EndSection
> 
>  Section "Monitor"
>     Identifier  "LCD"
>     HorizSync   30-61
>      VertRefresh 56-76
>      Option "DPMS"
>  EndSection
>  
>  Section "Device"
>          Identifier  "Card0"
>          Driver      "radeon"
>          VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"
>         BoardName   "RV350 AP [Radeon 9600]"
>          BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
>          Screen      0
> 	 Option "MonitorLayout" "CRT, CRT"
>  EndSection
> 
>  Section "Device"
>          Identifier      "Card1"
>          Driver          "radeon"
>          BoardName       "RV350 AP [Radeon 9600]"
>         Screen          1
>         BusId           "PCI:1:0:0"
> #	option "monitorlayout" "crt,crt"
>  EndSection
>  
>  Section "Screen"
>           Identifier "Screen0"
>           Device     "Card0"
>          Monitor    "CRT"
>        DefaultDepth    24
>           SubSection "Display"
>                   Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024"
> "1024x768" "800x600"
>                  Depth     24
>           EndSubSection
>   EndSection
> 
>   Section "Screen"
>           Identifier "Screen1"
>           Device     "Card1"
>           Monitor    "LCD"
>         DefaultDepth   24
>           SubSection "Display"
>                   Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
> "640x480"
>                   Depth     24
>           EndSubSection
>   EndSection
> 
> 
> 
> #Section "DRI"
> #	Group        0
> #	Mode         0666
> #EndSection
> 
> --- Alex Deucher <alexdeucher at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 12:29:41 -0700 (PDT), John H.
> > <mistamaila at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > ok, that works!
> > > 
> > > however, I want 19 inch to be screen 0(where
> > desktop
> > > icons/ gnome panel is), not 15 inch.
> > > 
> > > As of now, 15 inch has panel/desktop icons.
> > > 
> > > all the resolutions are correct, though:)
> > > thanks
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > switch the orientation in the screen layout
> section,
> > or if that
> > doesn't work, switch the monitors back the way you
> > had them and swap
> > the Device and Identifier lines between your
> screen
> > sections.
> > 
> > Alex
> > 
> > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- Alex Deucher <alexdeucher at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 12:10:36 -0700 (PDT), John
> > H.
> > > > <mistamaila at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > > If I reverse card0 and card1 in the two
> screen
> > > > > sections, it gives me both monitors, in
> clone
> > mode
> > > > > again, at 1024x768.
> > > > >
> > > > > If I left it as you suggested(where 15inch
> > said
> > > > out of
> > > > > range), xinerama seemed to be being
> > > > used(applications
> > > > > could appear in the other monitor) but 19
> inch
> > was
> > > > > only 1024x768 and 15 inch was out of range.
> > > >
> > > > try switching the monitors;  the plugs
> > themselves.
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --- "John H." <mistamaila at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > ok, that makes it so
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 19 inch CRT is at 1024x768
> > > > > > 15inch FP says out of range(will not
> > display)
> > > > > > here is X log
> > > > > >
> > > > > > _XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to
> > open
> > > > > > socket
> 
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