On Son, 2002-02-24 at 12:37, Antoine Delvaux wrote: > > I'm trying to have a working dual screen setup on a 7500 and I think I'm > a bit confused on what to do... I'm using the onboard video and an > additional ATI 3D Rage LT Pro. The kernel boots with > 'video=controlfb:vmode:16,cmode:24' and the console is fine on the > onboard video. > > I've setup XFree to use the two cards and two monitors but I can't have > my second screen working. The monitor doesn't seem to get in synch with > the video card. I've tried multiple things and don't know more what to > do. I'm not sure if it's the XFreeConfig that's faulty or the kernel > boot command.
The XF86Config snippet looks basically good to me, and the kernel boot command shouldn't have a lot of influence. > Does anyone has a setup like this working ? Should I use another Mode > with this screen ? If the server log looks like it's trying to drive both heads, but the monitor doesn't sync, a problem with the mode is possible. > Is my setup for the onboard video correct ? > Specially regarding the BusID config ? Check yourself in the server log or with lspci. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
