dual head, xinerama, (kde), ati radeon... trouble

beastmaster · Apprentice Joined: 24 May 2004 Posts: 230

I know my monitor's refresh rate off my dusty manual,
and I can get into X.

What I want to test is that if X is really using the same refreshrate that I set up in the config.
for example there is fbset, but I think it's not for X.
and ati-drivers' fps test tool, like fgl_gears... there is a bundle of these toolset ... :roll:

, but I want the one like I described above.. :oops:

nielchiano · Veteran Joined: 11 Nov 2003 Posts: 1287 Location: 50N 3E

I'm not sure, but I THINK that X will find the best value. Since he knows the allowable horizontal and vertical range, he can find the optimal value...

YopWongSapn · l33t Joined: 26 Jan 2004 Posts: 627

beastmaster · Apprentice Joined: 24 May 2004 Posts: 230

hi guys,
okay it's actually here
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=159279&highlight=xrandr+missing

and this is my result in big desktop

YopWongSapn · l33t Joined: 26 Jan 2004 Posts: 627

nielchiano · Veteran Joined: 11 Nov 2003 Posts: 1287 Location: 50N 3E

beastmaster · Apprentice Joined: 24 May 2004 Posts: 230

MattSharp · Apprentice Joined: 15 Aug 2003 Posts: 258

If you use the "BIG DESKTOP" setting is it possible to get DRI working? I thought I read somewhere in this thread you can, but I can't seem to get it?

superjaded · l33t Joined: 05 Jul 2002 Posts: 802

Neither Xinerama nor ATI's "Big Desktop" won't work with DRI. I've yet to read anything that states otherwise.

Of course, I've never actually been able to get either Xinerama or "Big Desktop" to work for me, so I'm only going by what I've heard.

beastmaster · Apprentice Joined: 24 May 2004 Posts: 230

that's not true, I have DRI/GLX enabled in big desktop.
glxinfo and glxgears both show they are alright. :wink:

and again, I'm using xfree though. :oops:

MattSharp · Apprentice Joined: 15 Aug 2003 Posts: 258

YopWongSapn · l33t Joined: 26 Jan 2004 Posts: 627

fourhead · Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 9:43 pm Post subject:

perhaps someone can help me. i've set up my nvidia card to have two x screens on my lcd display and my tv. so i have two desktops, two kicker applets ... works just fine. both displays "share" the same input devices, but i can't move windows between them, but thats not a problem. the problem is, when i start xine on the tv and i want to switch to fullscreen, the video doesn't get resized - it stays in its original size and i have huge black borders around it. i'm not using twinview/xinerama, its a dual head setup with two monitors, two screens in xorg.conf. any ideas how to get xine work properly?

tom

YopWongSapn · l33t Joined: 26 Jan 2004 Posts: 627

Sounds like it may be a glitch with xorg, although I haven't jumped too deep into xorg yet, so I could be wrong. As long as you opened xine in the tv's "display", it should resize on that display...that's how xine behaves on my tv, anyway.

I would recommend starting a new thread, as your post is somewhat unrelated to this one, and you will probably get an answer quicker with a new thread than one that's 4 pages long.
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atom · Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 8:41 pm Post subject:

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soaringcondor · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 16 Dec 2003 Posts: 103

I'm having a lot of trouble trying to get my Radeon 9700 working in Big Desktop mode. It will work fine with one display but if I try and kick into Big Desktop mode it throughs the following error:

soaringcondor · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 16 Dec 2003 Posts: 103

Here is the errorlog that the above configuration generates. The ATI Drivers do pick up both monitors (since they have a bunch of information about each listed) but it dosn't like trying to set it up for some reason:

YopWongSapn · l33t Joined: 26 Jan 2004 Posts: 627

Was this file generated by the fglrxconfig script that comes with the ati-drivers? I noticed that your config file only has one monitor. You will need to make a "Monitor" section for each display, and a corresponding "Screen" section as well. Then you will need to add something like "Screen1 leftOf Screen0" depending on which side the second display is on. That should take care of your problem.
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soaringcondor · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 16 Dec 2003 Posts: 103

It was generated by fglrxconfig, I just removed many of the comments for readability.

I'll try adding another screen setup section but I want to run in Big Desktop mode, not Dual Head. Ideally, X would just see one big 2560x1024 screen device. I think you don't need the other screen section for that. I'll try it now anyways.

Thanks

YopWongSapn · l33t Joined: 26 Jan 2004 Posts: 627

In order to have Dual Head mode up, you would need to build a second "Device" section. Big Desktop (to my knowledge) still requires a "Screen" and "Monitor" section for each display. That's how my config looks for Big Desktop, anyway.
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atom · Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 2:33 pm Post subject:

soaringcondor · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 16 Dec 2003 Posts: 103

I ran fgrlrxconfig again and it came up with an XF86Config-4 that had an extra monitor in it. It only had one screen section though (big desktop mode) so I copied it and changed the data as needed, ran it and got the same error.

Anyone have a working config for Big Desktop I can try?

YopWongSapn · l33t Joined: 26 Jan 2004 Posts: 627