Cann't get dual monitors working, S3Virge bios input/output error

[bh]

tj <999alfred <at> comcast.net> writes:

> 
> I am trying to get a dual monitor system working using the onboard S3 
> ProSavage adapter and a PCI S3 Virge card.
> 
> However, after I do Xorg -configure to get a xorg.conf and then execute 
> it, Xorg -config /root/xorg.conf.new I get a blank screen with only a 
> "-" in the upper left hand corner of screen 0. Then I cannot use 
> cntrl-slt-1, ec to get to another screen. I have to ssh in to get it 
> back. Now, I do have this error
> (EE) S3VIRGE(1): Cannot read V_BIOS (3) Input/output error
> (--) S3VIRGE(1): Chipset: "virge"
> (==) S3VIRGE(1): XVideo not supported.
> 
> Commentng out screen 1, the virge, causes X to come up normally.
> 
> tj
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Hallo tj,

I am experiencing the same problem. It seems to be an old story and never got
fixed until now.

But I found some good explanations in the following links:

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9920
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2597#c52

Perhaps you can explain your problem to the last commentor of Bug 9920 which
eventually responded in Feb. 2010.

Good luck.