Re: Dual head problems in Etch k7 kernel

[Bob <spam@homeurl.co.uk>]

Dancing Fingers wrote:
> Hi guys,
> I have an dual-head ATI AGP card that I had working great on my AMD64
> box, except for a square mouse one side (which I could live with.  But
> I wanted to view Flash stuff which isn't supported in AMD64 yet so I
> put the card in my Athlon box.  I copied over the same xorg.conf file
> but all I get is 2 views of the same thing.
> Any ideas?
> Thanks.
> Chris
>   

I see you've fixed it but the other option is to use MergedFB something 
like this, you'll want to adjust the timings for your screens.

Section "Device"
       Identifier      "ATI Rad"
       Driver          "ati"
       BusID           "PCI:1:0:0"
       Option    "AGPMode"        "4" #Set AGP data transfer rate, only 
used when DRI is enabled, 1 2 4 8
#     Option    "AGPFastWrite"   "FALSE" # speeds things up but causes a 
lot pf problems, only used when DRI is enabled
       Option    "EnablePageFlip" "TRUE" # page flipping for 3D accel, 
increases performance but doesn't work in rare cases, hence default is off.
   Option    "RenderAccel" "on"
   Option    "ColorTiling" "on"
#    Option    "AccelMethod" "EXA" # Valid options are XAA and EXA, XAA 
old, reliable & default, EXA newer faster
#        Option    "FBTexPercent" "0" # with EXA 0 may be faster but may 
cause probs, XAA no real efect, default 50
       Option    "DynamicClocks" "TRUE" # may save power may slow 3D 
don't know if it works on PCs, is for laptops
       Option  "SubPixelOrder" "RGB"
       Option    "MergedFB" "true" #Enable MergedFB function
#    Option    "MonitorLayout" "LCD, CRT" # Use LCD and CRT even if you 
have 2 LCD's or CRT's
       Option    "CRT2Hsync" "30-83" #Horizontal Sync of the Hyundai
       Option    "CRT2VRefresh" "50-60" #Vertical Refresh rate of the 
Hyundai
   Option    "CRT2Position" "LeftOf" #Physical location of your 
secondary monitor in relationship to your primary monitor.
   Option "MergedXinerama" "TRUE" # Simliate Xinerama default true
#    Option "MergedXineramaCRT2IsScreen0" "TRUE" # set the right or top 
screen to 0 default FALSE
#    Option "MergedDPI" "85" # tinker with DPI but remove any dpi stuff 
from /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc
       Option "MetaModes" "1280x1024-1280x1024" #Monitor Resolutions 
for Primary-Secondary monitors
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
       Identifier      "samsung"
       Option          "DPMS"
       HorizSync       30-81
       VertRefresh     56-60
EndSection

Section "Screen"
       Identifier      "Default Screen"
       Device          "ATI Rad"
       Monitor         "samsung"
       DefaultDepth    24
       SubSection "Display"
               Depth           1
               Modes           "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
       EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
               Depth           8
               Modes           "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
       EndSubSection
       SubSection "Display"
               Depth           24
               Modes           "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
       EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
       Identifier      "Default Layout"
       Screen          "Default Screen"
       InputDevice     "Generic Keyboard"
       InputDevice     "Configured Mouse"
       InputDevice     "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
       InputDevice     "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
       InputDevice     "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection