Xpress 200 dual head problem

Ali Mashtizadeh mashtizadeh at gmail.com
Mon Apr 23 13:33:36 PDT 2007


Whops I sent the wrong log. Here's the current one and my entire log is at:
http://www.mashtizadeh.com/Xorg.0.log

Once again it shows a blank monitor with a garbled cursor only showing
vertical lines of trash.

(II) RADEON(0): Legacy BIOS detected
(II) RADEON(0): LVDS port is not in connector table, added in.
(WW) RADEON(0): Unknown DDCType 5 found
(WW) RADEON(0): LCD DDC Info Table found!
(II) RADEON(0): Connector0: DDCType-0, DACType-1, TMDSType--1,
ConnectorType-1
(II) RADEON(0): Connector1: DDCType-4, DACType-0, TMDSType--1,
ConnectorType-2
(**) RADEON(0): MonitorLayout Option:
Monitor1--Type LVDS, Monitor2--Type CRT

(II) RADEON(0): DDC Type: 4, Detected Type: 0
(II) RADEON(0):
(II) RADEON(0): Reversed DAC decteced
(II) RADEON(0): Primary:
Monitor   -- LVDS
Connector -- VGA
DAC Type  -- Primary
TMDS Type -- NONE
DDC Type  -- CRT2_DDC
(II) RADEON(0): Secondary:
Monitor   -- CRT
Connector -- Proprietary
DAC Type  -- TVDAC/ExtDAC
TMDS Type -- NONE
DDC Type  -- NONE
(II) RADEON(0): PLL parameters: rf=1432 rd=6 min=20000 max=40000; xclk=20500
(WW) RADEON(0): Failed to detect secondary monitor DDC, default HSync and
VRefresh used
(==) RADEON(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(II) RADEON(0): Validating modes on Primary head ---------
(II) RADEON(0): Panel ID string: SEC
(II) RADEON(0): Panel Size from BIOS: 1400x1050
(II) RADEON(0): BIOS provided dividers will be used.
(II) RADEON(0): Total number of valid DDC mode(s) found: 0
(II) RADEON(0): Valid mode using on-chip RMX: 800x600
(II) RADEON(0): Total number of valid FP mode(s) found: 1
(II) RADEON(0): Validating CRTC2 modes for MergedFB ------------
(II) RADEON(0): CRT2 Monitor: Using hsync range of 30.00-110.00 kHz
(II) RADEON(0): CRT2 Monitor: Using vrefresh range of 50.00-150.00 Hz
(II) RADEON(0): Clock range:  20.00 to 400.00 MHz


On 4/23/07, Alex Deucher <alexdeucher at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/23/07, Ali Mashtizadeh <mashtizadeh at gmail.com> wrote:
> > So I looked around on mailing lists and bug reports but I can't find
> > anything too similar to the problem I have on my HP NX6125 Its an ATI
> > Xpress 200M. For some reason when I get the dual head "working" I have
> > a blank second screen which shows either random pattern of red pixels
> > or completely blank. The cursor shows up as a block and the resolution
> > seems to be fine. I read in a few places that the IGP chipsets have
> > memory initialization problems. I can believe that thats likely what
> > is happening because only the hardware cursor shows up. Anyone have
> > similar problems? I've tried the recent 6.6.191 drivers as well. FYI I
> > can get clone mode working by using the BIOS key, then running X and
> > using the BIOS key again and that seems to be reliable. But I really
> > would like dual head working.
> >
> > Chipset: 200M 5955 (PCIE)
> > ....
> > (II) RADEON(0): Legacy BIOS detected
> > (II) RADEON(0): LVDS port is not in connector table, added in.
> > (WW) RADEON(0): Unknown DDCType 5 found
> > (WW) RADEON(0): LCD DDC Info Table found!
> > (II) RADEON(0): Connector0: DDCType-0, DACType-1, TMDSType--1,
ConnectorType-1
> > (II) RADEON(0): Connector1: DDCType-4, DACType-0, TMDSType--1,
ConnectorType-2
> > (II) RADEON(0): DDC Type: 4, Detected Type: 0
> > (II) RADEON(0):
> > (II) RADEON(0): Primary:
> >  Monitor   -- LVDS
> >  Connector -- VGA
> >  DAC Type  -- Primary
> >  TMDS Type -- NONE
> >  DDC Type  -- CRT2_DDC
> > (II) RADEON(0): Secondary:
> >  Monitor   -- NONE
> >  Connector -- Proprietary
> >  DAC Type  -- TVDAC/ExtDAC
> >  TMDS Type -- NONE
> >  DDC Type  -- NONE
> > (II) RADEON(0): PLL parameters: rf=1432 rd=6 min=20000 max=40000;
xclk=20500
> > (WW) RADEON(0): Failed to detect secondary monitor, MergedFB/Clone mode
disabled
>
> looks like it failed to detect the secondary monitor.  Can you try
> forcing mergedfb on?  you might also have to specify the monitorlayout
> (e.g., Option "Monitorlayout" "LVDS, CRT") and hsync and vrefresh
> ranges for your monitor. See the radeon man page for more.
>


-- 
Ali Mashtizadeh
علی مشتی زاده
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