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Bug#444433: xserver-xorg-video-intel: Xinerama and Dualhead won't work with new intel driver (old i810 worked)

On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 08:05:38PM +0200, Brice Goglin wrote:
> Simon Effenberg wrote:
> > Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> > Version: 2:2.1.1-4
> > Severity: normal
> >
> >
> > Since using the newer video-intel driver i can't get my external monitor
> > to work. Either in dualhead nor in xinerama i can start X.
> >   
> 
> Which xserver-xorg-video-intel did you have before? Stable/Etch? Lenny?
> Unstable? (look in /var/log/dpkg.log or /var/log/aptitude)
> 

I used unstable but because of this problem (and haven't enough time to
look on it) i used a very long time the old driver (set xorg on hold).
Now I needed a new install.
That's the old deb i used before xserver-xorg-video-i810_2%3a1.7.2-4_i386.deb

> 
> > Section "Device"
> > 	Identifier	"Intel Mobile 945"
> > 	Driver		"intel"
> > 	BusID		"PCI:0:2:0"
> > 	VideoRam	130000
> > 	Option		"VBERestore"	"true"
> > 	Option		"DRI"		"true"
> > 	Option		"MonitorLayout"	"CRT,LFP"
> > 	Screen		0
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Device"
> > 	Identifier	"Intel Mobile 945 Clone 1"
> > 	Driver		"intel"
> > 	BusID		"PCI:0:2:0"
> > 	VideoRam	130000
> > 	Option		"Clone"		"true"
> > 	Option		"MonitorLayout"	"CRT,LFP"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Device"
> > 	Identifier	"Intel Mobile 945 Clone 2"
> > 	Driver		"intel"
> > 	BusID		"PCI:0:2:1"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Device"
> > 	Identifier	"Intel Mobile 945 2"
> > 	Driver		"intel"
> > 	BusID		"PCI:0:2:0"
> > 	Option		"VBERestore"	"false"
> > 	Option		"DevicePresence" "yes"
> > 	Option		"MonitorLayout"	"CRT,LFP"
> > 	Screen		1
> > EndSection
> >   
> 
> This can't work. Xinerama isn't supported anymore, now the Intel driver
> does RandR 1.2. You should have a single Device section and a single
> Screen section. All the remaining things are handled dynamically with
> xrandr. See http://bgoglin.livejournal.com/9846.html, and maybe
> http://bgoglin.livejournal.com/10214.html and
> http://bgoglin.livejournal.com/10423.html
> 
> Brice

Oh I was blind.. I'll take a look and will report the results.
Thanks a lot.

Simon

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