On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 07:45:59AM -0700, Bill Moseley wrote: > I'm curious if anyone else has experienced this and if it needs > reporting someplace. > > I've been running Xinerama on a Matrox G550 for a few years. With > this last xorg upgrade from 6.8.2 to 7.0.0 there were a few odd > things. > > My card has two outputs -- one VGA and one DVI. When I boot the VGA > is the main display (the DVI display is off until I start X). > > After upgrading to 7, now when I startx the DVI display seems like the > "main" display, in that's where my window manager starts. I could not > correct this in xorg.conf, and had to physically swap my cables to get > xinerama to work correctly. Now my right hand monitor is the monitor > used when not running X, which is not really what I want. > > I tried a bunch of different configurations but could not get it back > to how it used to be, with the left monitor being connected to the > VGA port and used as the main monitor for both console mode and when > X was running. > > > The other problem is after a reboot only one monitor starts. The DVI > interface monitor stays in power save mode when X starts. But, I've > found a trick to get it to start: > > This is is my layout: > > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "Default Layout" > Option "Xinerama" "on" > Screen 0 "LeftScreen" 0 0 > Screen 1 "RightScreen" RightOf "LeftScreen" > InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" > InputDevice "Configured Mouse" > EndSection > > The only way I've been able to get both monitors to start is to > comment out Xinerama and my "right" screen. Then the left monitor > (the DVI connected one) will come out of dpms mode. That is: > > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "Default Layout" > #Option "Xinerama" "on" > Screen 0 "LeftScreen" 0 0 > #Screen 1 "RightScreen" RightOf "LeftScreen" > InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" > InputDevice "Configured Mouse" > EndSection > > Then I exit X and remove the comments then I can restart X and then > both monitors will start. > > Anyone else having problems with getting Xinerama started or with the > left/right monitor configuration? > > > > Here's more detail on my config: > > > #-------- Video Card------------- > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Matrox G550[0]" > Driver "mga" > Screen 0 > BusID "PCI:1:0:0" > Option "AGPMode" "4" > Option "HWcursor" > EndSection > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Matrox G550[1]" > Driver "mga" > Screen 1 > BusID "PCI:1:0:0" > Option "AGPMode" "4" > Option "HWcursor" > EndSection > > #--------- Monitors ------------- > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "SonyG500" > HorizSync 30-107 > VertRefresh 50-85 > Option "DPMS" > DisplaySize 400 300 # 15.57" x 11.76 > # DisplaySize 362 273 # 14.25 x 10.75 > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Dell21" > HorizSync 30-107 > Option "DPMS" > VertRefresh 50-85 > #VertRefresh 50-80 > DisplaySize 400 300 # 15.57" x 11.76 > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "LeftScreen" > Device "Matrox G550[0]" > Monitor "SonyG500" > DefaultDepth 24 > SubSection "Display" > Depth 24 > Modes "1280x960" "1024x768" > EndSubSection > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "RightScreen" > Device "Matrox G550[1]" > Monitor "Dell21" > DefaultDepth 24 > SubSection "Display" > Depth 24 > Modes "1280x960" "1024x768" > EndSubSection > EndSection > > > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "Default Layout" > Option "Xinerama" "on" > Screen 0 "LeftScreen" 0 0 > # Note, after a reboot have needed to common out screen 1 below > # to get the second screen to start, and also comment out Xinerama > # That gets the second screen to turn on, then re-edit to work > # Mon Jul 31 07:00:12 PDT 2006 > Screen 1 "RightScreen" RightOf "LeftScreen" > InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" > InputDevice "Configured Mouse" > EndSection > > > -- > Bill Moseley > moseley@hank.org Hi, I used to have the same problem with my MGA G550 when I first switched to Xorg 6.9 (same as 7.0 but monolithic). It's been a while, so I don't remember exactly what I did :( The Screen 0 in the ServerLayout section seems to be somehow "hardwired" to the DVI-output and becomes the "main" monitor in X. Unfortunately I don't remember how I got the DVI-output to be the main screen also when I start this box. Anyway, right now I have my flat panel monitor connected to the DVI-output (it works as the main monitor both in console and in X) and my projector connected to the VGA-output as a second monitor. One thing I have, is the Matrox proprietary driver from http://www.matrox.com/mga/support/drivers/latest/home.cfm I have version 4.3. The latest seems to be 4.4. It's not really a big hassle to install. Just go to the /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/ and move the original mga_drv.so to mga_drv.so.orig Then untar the tarball to /tmp and copy the /tmp/matrox_driver-x86_32-4.4.0/xserver/7.0.0/* to /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/ If it doesn't work, just remove the four files and rename the original. You can also take a look at the discussion I had in xorg-list back then: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2005-September/009812.html HTH Simo -- :r ~/.signature
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