So.... I've left this sit for a while and it doesn't look like there's anyone here able to help.
Is there a better place to ask for help with xrandr? Have I left out some crucial information? Dave On Wed, Jun 26, 2013, at 15:51, David Iannucci wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to set up a xinerama arrangement over two graphics cards > (Intel + Radeon), taking advantage of xrandr 1.4's features which > (I understand, perhaps mistakenly, to) support this configuration. > I'm running xorg server 1.13.4 on Gentoo. It might be useful for > you to know in addition that I'm running a barebones KDE 3.5.10 > desktop on it. > > If I do --listproviders, I get both cards listed: > > # xrandr --listproviders > Providers: number : 2 > Provider 0: id: 0x87 cap: 0xb, Source Output, Sink Output, Sink > Offload crtcs: 3 outputs: 3 associated providers: 0 name:Intel > Provider 1: id: 0x57 cap: 0xd, Source Output, Source Offload, Sink > Offload crtcs: 6 outputs: 2 associated providers: 0 name:radeon > > However no use of --setprovideroutputsource or > --setprovideroffloadsink (with arguments "0 1" or "1 0") will do > what I want. Am I completely misunderstanding this? > > One monitor is connected to VGA output of integrated Intel GPU, and > the other to DVI output of Radeon (HD 7570) PCI card. I think kernel > stuff is set up properly: > > # lsmod | grep radeon > radeon 858404 1 > cfbfillrect 3714 2 i915,radeon > cfbimgblt 2039 2 i915,radeon > ttm 58739 1 radeon > cfbcopyarea 3350 2 i915,radeon > drm_kms_helper 26569 2 i915,radeon > fb 33637 6 > i915,fbcon,drm_kms_helper,radeon,softcursor,bitblit > backlight 4248 2 video,radeon > > Please document this functionality more clearly! Any help with this > will be much appreciated. I can try to end-run the problem by asking > my boss to buy me an HDMI-capable monitor, to plug into the second > port of Intel card, but I've already got the Radeon, and I'd rather > try to figure this out before throwing money at it :-) Thx. > > Dave > _______________________________________________ > xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support > Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg > Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg > Your subscription address: kbe...@punchcutter.ml1.net _______________________________________________ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: arch...@mail-archive.com
