[ale] dual-head xfree 4.2

[Geoffrey]

Mark Angeli wrote:
> Yea, that article is good. Also have a how to on my site:
> http://www.tinyminds.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req
> =viewarticle&artid=36&page=1

Hmm, as far as I'm concerned they all suck, cause it aint working. :( 
Nothing personal. :)

They all are pretty much the same thing with minor differences.  The 
example for the G450 shows both Device sections with the same BusID 
value, and I assume this is because the g450 is like my Radeon VE with 
two video outputs.

The only other differences I see in the various examples are in the 
ServerLayout section.  Here are the variations I've seen and I've tried 
them all:

Screen "screen0" LeftOf "screen1"
Screen "screen1"

or

Screen 0 "screen0" LeftOf "screen1"
Screen 1 "screen1"

or

Screen 0 "screen0" LeftOf "screen1"
Screen 1 "screen1" 0 0

Then there are the variations using RightOf, but I guess you get the 
picture.  I've tried them all, I get a sig 11 everytime.

When I boot I get mirrored images on both monitors, so I know both 
outputs on the card are working.

I guess I'm going for another beer and going to bed...

> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Geoffrey [mailto:esoteric at 3times25.net]
> Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 10:19 PM
> To: ALE
> Subject: Re: [ale] dual-head xfree 4.2
> 
> 
> Chris Egolf wrote:
> 
>>Probably the best place to start would be here:
>>
>>http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Xinerama-HOWTO.html
>>
>>Also, depending on the Radeon card you have, there may be a few gotchas.
>> I ran into a problem w/ the Dell OEM version of the Radeon VE card
>>which requires a patch from the XFree86 CVS.  The maintainer was kind
>>enough to send me the update, but I don't know if it's available from
>>CVS yet.
>>
> 
> Care to share your config file?
> 
> I just got the latest copy of Linux Journal in today, and what do you
> know, there's a section on dual-head configuration.
> 
> I've looked at this one, another for g450 which configures more like
> mine, since it's a single card with two video outputs.  I've checked out
> the Xinerama howto.  I keep getting a sig. 11 failure.
> 
> Anyone else had any success with dual-head???
> 
> 
>>If you have the retail version of a Radeon, you should be in good shape.
>> The HOWTO's pretty good.
>>
>>
>>Geoffrey wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I recall someone posting to the list regarding a dual head setup.
>>>I've decided to give this a spin, since my radeon card supports
>>>multiple devices.  I'm not found any specific info as to how to modify
>>>the config file for this purpose.  Does anyone have any document
>>>pointers?  I've been all over the XFree site.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
> 
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