FW: Problem in clone mode with two display card

Alan Hourihane alanh at fairlite.co.uk
Thu Aug 14 02:27:04 PDT 2008 

Well, it looks like the Xserver started fine, so if there's a blank
screen, it looks like it's a bug someplace.

Alan.

On Thu, 2008-08-14 at 14:45 +0530, Ashish Jain wrote:
> Dear Alan,
> 
>  
> 
> Please find attached log files and xorg.conf file related to i810 and
> ati drivers.
> 
>  
> 
> Kindly let us know your comments.
> 
> Thanks & Regards
> 
>     Ashish Jain
> 
> 
>  
> 
>                                    
> ______________________________________________________________________
> From: Alan Hourihane [mailto:alanh at fairlite.co.uk]
> Sent: Wed 8/13/2008 9:56 PM
> To: Deepak Bhatia
> Cc: Alex Deucher; xorg at lists.freedesktop.org
> Subject: RE: Problem in clone mode with two display card
> 
> 
> Sending a log file would help us find out what the actual problem is
> though.
> 
> Alan.
> 
> On Wed, 2008-08-13 at 21:30 +0530, Deepak Bhatia wrote:
> > Hi Alex,
> >
> > Yes, we are trying to use ATI Card and Intel Card at the same time
> for
> > different configurations using two monitors.
> > 1. Clone
> > 2. Expand
> > 3. Independent
> >
> > When we specify the i810 driver in the device section as Card1 and
> ati
> > driver in the device section as Card0, things are going fine.
> >
> > But if replace i810 by intel in the device section, things are not
> > working. We thought that intel is the latest driver than i810.
> >
> > Please suggest us what to do as currently we are sticking to i810.
> >
> > Best Regards
> >
> > Deepak Bhatia
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Alex Deucher [mailto:alexdeucher at gmail.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 9:20 PM
> > To: Deepak Bhatia
> > Cc: Alan Hourihane; xorg at lists.freedesktop.org
> > Subject: Re: Problem in clone mode with two display card
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 5:08 AM, Deepak Bhatia
> > <deepak.bhatia at nechclst.in> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Alan,
> > >
> > > In case we replace the i810 below in the "Device" section by
> "intel".
> > > Then none of the multimonitor modes work with ATI Card.
> > >
> >
> > Are you trying to use the intel card and the ati card at the same
> time?
> >
> > Alex
> >
> > > Kindly let us know why this is happening.
> > >
> > > Section "Device"
> > >        Identifier  "Card1"
> > >        Driver      "i810"
> > >        VendorName  "Intel Corporation"
> > >        BoardName   "Integrated Graphics Controller"
> > >        BusID       "PCI:0:2:0"
> > > EndSection
> > >
> > > Section "Device"
> > >        Identifier  "Card0"
> > >        Driver      "ati"
> > >        VendorName  "ATI"
> > >        BoardName   "Rage Mobility P/M"
> > >        ChipSet     "ati"
> > >        ChipId      0x4c52
> > >        ChipRev     0x64
> > >        BusID       "PCI:2:0:0"
> > > EndSection
> > >
> > > Best Regards
> > >
> > > Deepak Bhatia
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: xorg-bounces at lists.freedesktop.org
> > > [mailto:xorg-bounces at lists.freedesktop.org] On Behalf Of Alan
> > Hourihane
> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 1:40 PM
> > > To: Ashish Jain
> > > Cc: xorg at lists.freedesktop.org
> > > Subject: RE: Problem in clone mode with two display card
> > >
> > > On Tue, 2008-08-12 at 10:45 +0530, Ashish Jain wrote:
> > >> Dear Alan,
> > >>
> > >> Thanks, we have achieved Clone mode.
> > >>
> > >> But I have few queries,
> > >>
> > >> 1. When we are trying dual head on laptop (HP laptop which have
> Intel
> > >> display card with to port) for driver "i810" then we will have to
> > >> specifically add the line " Option "MonitorLayout" "CRT,LFP" " in
> > >> "Device" section. But when we are trying dual head on same laptop
> for
> > >> driver "intel" then above line is not required. Why?
> > >
> > > The i810 driver uses the BIOS and that older driver requires some
> > manual
> > > configuration. The intel driver uses the new randr extension and
> can
> > > detect when monitors are attached.
> > >
> > >> 2. When we are trying clone mode on laptop (HP laptop which have
> > Intel
> > >> display card with to port) then we will have to specifically add
> the
> > >> line "Option "Clone" "True" " in all the "Device" sections. But
> when
> > > we
> > >> are trying Clone mode on desktop with two display card then above
> > line
> > >> is not required. Why?
> > >
> > > Because the Clone option is controlling a single card and it needs
> to
> > > know when do display cloning.
> > >
> > >> 3. Finally, are the settings of xorg.conf file changed according
> to
> > >> setuation? Means setting of xorg.conf files depends upon drive
> used
> > or
> > >> laptop/desktop used or hardware (like display card, monitor,
> etc.)
> > > used.
> > >
> > > Yes, but that's virtually gone with the new Xserver 1.3 and RandR
> 1.2
> > as
> > > it's pretty much all dynamic now.
> > >
> > > Alan.
> > >
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