Okay, got a chance to upgrade from 8.4 to 8.10 and everything seems to work!
Very happy :)
Sitting in front of monitors now in the configuration I want!
ii xserver-xorg-video-ati
1:6.9.0+git20081003.f9826a56-0ubuntu2 X.Org X server -- ATI display
driver wrapper
Settings are the default, except that I changed the Virtual dimensions
to 3200x1600
xorg.conf:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
SubSection "Display"
Virtual 3200 1600
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection
# lspci -vvnn
...
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc RV610 [Radeon HD
2400 XT] [1002:94c1]
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0d02]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort-
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
Region 0: Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Region 2: Memory at fe9f0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Region 4: I/O ports at dc00 [size=256]
Expansion ROM at fea00000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
Capabilities: [58] Express (v1) Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
DevCap: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <4us, L1
unlimited
ExtTag+ AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE+ FLReset-
DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal+ Fatal+
Unsupported-
RlxdOrd+ ExtTag+ PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+
MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 128 bytes
DevSta: CorrErr- UncorrErr- FatalErr- UnsuppReq- AuxPwr-
TransPend-
LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x16, ASPM L0s L1, Latency
L0 <64ns, L1 <1us
ClockPM- Suprise- LLActRep- BwNot-
LnkCtl: ASPM Disabled; RCB 64 bytes Disabled- Retrain- CommClk+
ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-
LnkSta: Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x16, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+
DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-
Capabilities: [a0] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0
Enable-
Address: 0000000000000000 Data: 0000
Capabilities: [100] Vendor Specific Information <?>
d$ xrandr -q
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 2800 x 1600, maximum 3200 x 1600
DVI-1 connected 1600x1200+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 367mm
x 275mm
1600x1200 60.0*+ 60.0
1680x1050 60.0
1600x1024 60.2
1400x1050 70.0 60.0
1280x1024 75.0 60.0 60.0
1440x900 59.9
1280x960 60.0
1360x768 59.8
1152x864 75.0 75.0 75.0 70.0 60.0
1024x768 75.1 75.0 70.1 60.0
832x624 74.6
800x600 72.2 75.0 60.3 56.2
640x480 75.0 72.8 75.0 60.0 59.9
720x400 70.1
DVI-0 connected 1200x1600+1600+0 left (normal left inverted right x axis y
axis) 367mm x 275mm
1600x1200 60.0*+ 60.0
1680x1050 60.0
1600x1024 60.2
1400x1050 70.0 60.0
1280x1024 75.0 60.0 60.0
1440x900 59.9
1280x960 60.0
1360x768 59.8
1152x864 75.0 75.0 75.0 70.0 60.0
1024x768 75.1 75.0 70.1 60.0
832x624 74.6
800x600 72.2 75.0 60.3 56.2
640x480 75.0 72.8 75.0 60.0 59.9
720x400 70.1
(II) Scanning /usr/share/xserver-xorg/pci directory for additional PCI ID's supp
orted by the drivers
(II) Matched radeon from file name radeon.ids
(==) Matched radeon for the autoconfigured driver
(==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
(II) LoadModule: "radeon"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//radeon_drv.so
(II) Module radeon: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.5.1, module version = 6.9.0
Module class: X.Org Video Driver
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.1
(II) RADEON: Driver for ATI Radeon chipsets:
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no image on enabled display (Radeon HD 2400 XT)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/280391
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