I have the dual montior setup working with the Matrox Millenium G450 card, an upgrade to the bios on the card to the most recent bios, RH9, and finally mgapdesk from the Matrox download site.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Lionel Lecoq" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 12:36 PM Subject: Re: [XFree86] dual monitors ati radeon pci agp Fatal server error .... > I don't know whether this is relevant but there were a couple of post mentioning using the 4.2 mga > driver from Matrox rather than the 4.3 I have not the time to go in the archives to give you more > details... > lionel > --- "Donald E. Oinen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've given up on getting the two ati cards to work and have replaced the AGP > > card with a Matrox G450. > > I have left the ATI pci card installed in hope of eventually getting a third > > monitor to work in Linux. > > BTW I tested the three monitor setup in Windows XP and it worked fine after > > some fiddling. > > > > I invested way to much time on this - now I get to invest time on the Matrox > > card. > > > > From what I've seen there seems to be very few posting on Matrox cards vs > > the postings on either ATI or nVidia. > > > > Thanks for your response. I tried the RedHat install mail list but didn't > > get any responses. I had actually given up hope of any help - obviously > > prematurely. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Alex Deucher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 9:44 AM > > Subject: [XFree86] dual monitors ati radeon pci agp Fatal server error .... > > > > > > > There was some discussion of this between Marc and Hui just before > > > 4.3.0 was released. I believe the problem had something to do with > > > int10 and the BIOS on radeons when soft booting them. I think the true > > > resolution was put off until after 4.3.0 was released. I'm not sure > > > what the current status is of that fix. perhaps they can comment on > > > it. > > > > > > Another thing you might try is putting the pci card in another slot or > > > changing the display init value in the bios from AGP to PCI or vice > > > versa. > > > > > > Alex > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------- > > > > > > I have been attempting to use two monitors with two ATI 7000 video > > > cards. 1 AGP and 1 PCI. > > > The hardware works with Windows XP. > > > > > > I can successfully use one or the other monitor/card but when I try to > > > use both the x server crashes immediately. > > > > > > My XFree86Config file works until I add a line like the following to > > > the ServerLayout Section > > > Screen "Screen 1" Rightof "Screen 2". > > > > > > I have included a copy of my XFree86Config file and the log file below. > > > > > > I have read everything I can find on the internet with google > > > pertaining > > > to this problem but can't solve this problem. > > > I am beginning to wonder if it is possible to do this. > > > > > > I could admit defeat and replace the AGP card with a dual head card but > > > I don't like to give up. > > > > > > Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions. > > > > > > Don > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). > > > http://calendar.yahoo.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > > XFree86 mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > XFree86 mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). > http://calendar.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > > _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
