Bug#422777: bug #422777 prematurely closed
Felix C. Stegerman wrote:
> * Eldon Koyle <ekoyle@gmail.com> [2007-07-09 07:35]:
>
>> Felix,
>>
>> I noticed that your xorg.conf looked a bit unusual for using
>> MergedFB. I have attached mine as an example. Basically, if you
>> are using mergedfb you only define the card once, and you only
>> define one display. If you are not using mergedfb, then set
>> 'MergedFB' to false. If you want the display cloned, you would
>> specify MetaModes the way you have it: 1024x768. If you want to
>> have a larger desktop, specify a MetaMode like 1024x768-1024x768 and
>> specify an orientation (CRT2Position). See the 'radeon' manpage for
>> more information on various options.
>>
>
> Interesting. I never really read the docs properly, I just skimmed
> them [= man radeon] and followed the instructions at
> [http://ozlabs.org/~jk/docs/mergefb/], which worked just fine.
>
> When I have the time, I'll take a look at your xorg.conf [and the man
> page] and try to get things working. [right now, I have a lot of work
> to do and really need my second monitor.]
>
If it helps, it would explain why Michel's xcalloc patch didn't fix your
problem, while everybody else said it fixed it on their machine.
Brice
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