Re: Radeon X300, dual head
On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 9:25 PM, Kenvor Cothey wrote: > > Hi - > > I've recently upgraded my desktop distribution from Fedora 10 to Fedora 11, > having worked up from various prior versions of Fedora. I too have an X300, > which was working magnificently in dual head mode, originally in F9, and > then, with a minor hack (I had to downgrade the radeon driver to the F9 > version, 6.8.0-12) in F10. Now I'm at F11, it seems I can no longer make > dual head work (the downgrade hack doesn't work, presumably due to > incompatible versions). Having googled around, the description above is the > best, most recent, fit I can find for the symptoms I'm experiencing. > > However, the solution that Alex suggests is not solving the problem; I am > still stuck with both monitors displaying either the left hand side or the > right hand side of the desktop (which exists, virtually - I can drag and > drop windows off the side of the display and subsequently switch the > monitors' - collective - view to see them). Worse, xrandr --verbose reports > DVI-0 and VGA-0 on different CRTCs. Could the x server be cloning upstream > of the video hardware? > > I am on version 1.6.1.901 of the Xorg server, and 6.12.2 of the radeon > driver. Any suggestions much appreciated. I'm happy to post appropriate > logs/dumps/etc if these will be of help (mostly greek to me). Please file a bug (https://bugs.freedesktop.org) and attach your xorg log and config. Alex ___ xorg mailing list xorg@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
Re: Radeon X300, dual head
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 5:50 PM, Hans J. Koch http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg>> wrote: > > Hi, > > I used to have a working system with a Radeon X300 (RV370) card and two > > monitors 1680x1050 each. I used an ancient xorg version (something like > > 6.8, can't recall) and had a MergedFB+Xinerama configuration. Worked well > > for me. > > > > A few days ago I dist-upgraded my Debian sid which brought me version > > 7.3 of xserver-xorg. Since that I'm trying to get my dual head setup > > working again... > > > > I understand that MergedFB has been replaced by RandR 1.2 extensions. > > Sounds like a good concept to me, but unfortunately it doesn't work here. > > > > X correctly detects my hardware, but no matter what I do, I always have > > the same output on DVI-0 and VGA-0. I googled around and found a lot of > > pages describing how to setup xorg.conf, and I think it's OK. > > > > Question: Is this supposed to work or a known problem? What do I have > > to do to get a working dual head setup again? > > yes it should work. you may need to add a virtual line to your config > to reserve enough framebuffer space for your config. This page gives > a pretty good overview of how to configure things with xrandr: > http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12 > > One problem that comes up from time to time is that the xserver will > clone the outputs (drive both monitors with the same display > controller rather than with independent display controllers). The > xrandr utility doesn't seem to be smart enough to grab a new crtc when > you select multi-head, so you sometimes have to specify the crtc. run > xrandr --verbose to see how the topology is configured. > > You can use this set of commands to specify a crtc: > xrandr --output VGA-0 --off > xrandr --output VGA-0 --crtc1 --mode 1680x1050 > xrandr --output VGA-0 --right-of DVI-0 > > > Alex > Hi - I've recently upgraded my desktop distribution from Fedora 10 to Fedora 11, having worked up from various prior versions of Fedora. I too have an X300, which was working magnificently in dual head mode, originally in F9, and then, with a minor hack (I had to downgrade the radeon driver to the F9 version, 6.8.0-12) in F10. Now I'm at F11, it seems I can no longer make dual head work (the downgrade hack doesn't work, presumably due to incompatible versions). Having googled around, the description above is the best, most recent, fit I can find for the symptoms I'm experiencing. However, the solution that Alex suggests is not solving the problem; I am still stuck with both monitors displaying either the left hand side or the right hand side of the desktop (which exists, virtually - I can drag and drop windows off the side of the display and subsequently switch the monitors' - collective - view to see them). Worse, xrandr --verbose reports DVI-0 and VGA-0 on different CRTCs. Could the x server be cloning upstream of the video hardware? I am on version 1.6.1.901 of the Xorg server, and 6.12.2 of the radeon driver. Any suggestions much appreciated. I'm happy to post appropriate logs/dumps/etc if these will be of help (mostly greek to me). Thanks, Kenvor. ___ xorg mailing list xorg@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
Re: Radeon X300, dual head [SOLVED]
On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 01:22:58PM -0500, Alex Deucher wrote: > On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 5:50 PM, Hans J. Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I used to have a working system with a Radeon X300 (RV370) card and two > > monitors 1680x1050 each. I used an ancient xorg version (something like > > 6.8, can't recall) and had a MergedFB+Xinerama configuration. Worked well > > for me. > > > > A few days ago I dist-upgraded my Debian sid which brought me version > > 7.3 of xserver-xorg. Since that I'm trying to get my dual head setup > > working again... > > > > I understand that MergedFB has been replaced by RandR 1.2 extensions. > > Sounds like a good concept to me, but unfortunately it doesn't work here. > > > > X correctly detects my hardware, but no matter what I do, I always have > > the same output on DVI-0 and VGA-0. I googled around and found a lot of > > pages describing how to setup xorg.conf, and I think it's OK. > > > > Question: Is this supposed to work or a known problem? What do I have > > to do to get a working dual head setup again? > > yes it should work. you may need to add a virtual line to your config > to reserve enough framebuffer space for your config. This page gives > a pretty good overview of how to configure things with xrandr: > http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12 > > One problem that comes up from time to time is that the xserver will > clone the outputs (drive both monitors with the same display > controller rather than with independent display controllers). The > xrandr utility doesn't seem to be smart enough to grab a new crtc when > you select multi-head, so you sometimes have to specify the crtc. run > xrandr --verbose to see how the topology is configured. > > You can use this set of commands to specify a crtc: > xrandr --output VGA-0 --off > xrandr --output VGA-0 --crtc 1 --mode 1680x1050 > xrandr --output VGA-0 --right-of DVI-0 Great, that does the trick. You made my day. It was quite boring with one of my two monitors turned off ;-) Thanks a lot, Hans ___ xorg mailing list xorg@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
Re: Radeon X300, dual head
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 5:50 PM, Hans J. Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I used to have a working system with a Radeon X300 (RV370) card and two > monitors 1680x1050 each. I used an ancient xorg version (something like > 6.8, can't recall) and had a MergedFB+Xinerama configuration. Worked well > for me. > > A few days ago I dist-upgraded my Debian sid which brought me version > 7.3 of xserver-xorg. Since that I'm trying to get my dual head setup > working again... > > I understand that MergedFB has been replaced by RandR 1.2 extensions. > Sounds like a good concept to me, but unfortunately it doesn't work here. > > X correctly detects my hardware, but no matter what I do, I always have > the same output on DVI-0 and VGA-0. I googled around and found a lot of > pages describing how to setup xorg.conf, and I think it's OK. > > Question: Is this supposed to work or a known problem? What do I have > to do to get a working dual head setup again? yes it should work. you may need to add a virtual line to your config to reserve enough framebuffer space for your config. This page gives a pretty good overview of how to configure things with xrandr: http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12 One problem that comes up from time to time is that the xserver will clone the outputs (drive both monitors with the same display controller rather than with independent display controllers). The xrandr utility doesn't seem to be smart enough to grab a new crtc when you select multi-head, so you sometimes have to specify the crtc. run xrandr --verbose to see how the topology is configured. You can use this set of commands to specify a crtc: xrandr --output VGA-0 --off xrandr --output VGA-0 --crtc1 --mode 1680x1050 xrandr --output VGA-0 --right-of DVI-0 Alex ___ xorg mailing list xorg@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
Re: Radeon X300, dual head
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 03:53:51PM -0800, James Purdy wrote: > Hi, > > I am using the exact same setup on the exact same harware. Radeon X300 + 2 > 1680x1050 monitors. This may not be the best solution, but I use a shell > script that runs after xorg starts with the command: > xrandr --output DVI-0 --right-of VGA-0 > > and it spread a single desktop across 2 monitors. Adjust --right-of and > --left-of as necessary... of course your mileage may vary. Yes, of course that's how it should be and what I tried first. This still gives me the same output on both monitors. I also configured a virtual screen size of 3360x1050 in xorg.conf, and tried to push the second monitor to the other half of the screen with xrandr --output VGA-0 --pos 1680x0, but that doesn't help either. All I can achieve is a bigger screen size, I mean, the mouse cursor can be moved beyond the left or right border of the screen. But it just disappears, I can never see the other half of the screen. And it's always the same content on both monitors. Thanks, Hans > > > James > > On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 2:50 PM, Hans J. Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > I used to have a working system with a Radeon X300 (RV370) card and two > > monitors 1680x1050 each. I used an ancient xorg version (something like > > 6.8, can't recall) and had a MergedFB+Xinerama configuration. Worked well > > for me. > > > > A few days ago I dist-upgraded my Debian sid which brought me version > > 7.3 of xserver-xorg. Since that I'm trying to get my dual head setup > > working again... > > > > I understand that MergedFB has been replaced by RandR 1.2 extensions. > > Sounds like a good concept to me, but unfortunately it doesn't work here. > > > > X correctly detects my hardware, but no matter what I do, I always have > > the same output on DVI-0 and VGA-0. I googled around and found a lot of > > pages describing how to setup xorg.conf, and I think it's OK. > > > > Question: Is this supposed to work or a known problem? What do I have > > to do to get a working dual head setup again? > > > > Thanks, > > Hans > > > > ___ > > xorg mailing list > > xorg@lists.freedesktop.org > > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg > > ___ xorg mailing list xorg@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
Radeon X300, dual head
Hi, I used to have a working system with a Radeon X300 (RV370) card and two monitors 1680x1050 each. I used an ancient xorg version (something like 6.8, can't recall) and had a MergedFB+Xinerama configuration. Worked well for me. A few days ago I dist-upgraded my Debian sid which brought me version 7.3 of xserver-xorg. Since that I'm trying to get my dual head setup working again... I understand that MergedFB has been replaced by RandR 1.2 extensions. Sounds like a good concept to me, but unfortunately it doesn't work here. X correctly detects my hardware, but no matter what I do, I always have the same output on DVI-0 and VGA-0. I googled around and found a lot of pages describing how to setup xorg.conf, and I think it's OK. Question: Is this supposed to work or a known problem? What do I have to do to get a working dual head setup again? Thanks, Hans ___ xorg mailing list xorg@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
