Vladimir Dergachev wrote: Hello, >The problem could be in the fact that you are trying to use onboard >chipset. It is likely that the BIOS for it is integrated into the >mainboard BIOS - which is why the driver cannot find it. Perhaps, >if you manage to get the computer to boot with built-in chipset active >and standalone card disabled, you would be able to get both to work. > any idea how I can do that ? (I'm not good with hardware and BIOS stuff)
>However, it is also likely that your onboard video chip is AGP. So if the >other card is also AGP they cannot be simultaneously used. > The on board card is an ATI Rage XL .... and is PCI The added card is also in a PCI slot (an old ATI 3d). The added card works no problems, but I cant get it to work WITH the on board card. ..... If buying a third (PCI) graphics card will solve my problem, then I'll do that.... but I dont really want to dish out more dollars only to find out that a third card wont work with the second one (I have spare AGP cards lying around, but no spare PCI cards). Perhaps could I get an indication from someone that a third card "should" work? (given that the problem is a BIOS one, I dont really see why a third card would not work .... but I am not an expert) etienne >> >> >>I am using a Dell server that has an onboard ATI ...... Dell BIOS does >>not give me the possibility of choosing the boot time graphics adapter >>used....... it seems to default on the second installed PCI card (also ATI). >> >>-- if it turns out that this error is a limitation of my Dell machine, I >>wonder if I had an other 2 graphics cards, if I could do the multihead >>setup with the 2 extra ones (and ignore the onboard one)........ anyone >>have any ideas ? >> >>....here is part of the X stdout >> >>(II) Setting vga for screen 1. >>(==) ATI(0): Chipset: "ati". >>(**) ATI(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32 >>(II) Loading sub module "int10" >>(II) LoadModule: "int10" >>(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libint10.a >>(II) Module int10: vendor="The XFree86 Project" >> compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 1.0.0 >> ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.4 >>(EE) ATI(0): Cannot read V_BIOS >>(WW) ATI(0): Unable to initialise int10 interface. >>(WW) System lacks support for changing MTRRs >>(EE) ATI(0): Adapter has not been initialised. >>(==) ATI(1): Chipset: "ati". >>(**) ATI(1): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32 >>(II) Loading sub module "int10" >>(II) LoadModule: "int10" >>(II) Reloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libint10.a >>(II) ATI(1): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000 >>(II) Loading sub module "ddc" >>(II) LoadModule: "ddc" >>(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a >>(II) Module ddc: vendor="The XFree86 Project" >> compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 1.0.0 >> ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.4 >>(II) Loading sub module "vbe" >>............ >> >>my Xconfig86 file looks like this : - >># XFree86 4.0 configuration generated by Xconfigurator >> >>Section "ServerLayout" >> Identifier "Simple Layout" >> Screen "Screen1" >> Screen "Screen0" RightOf "Screen1" >> InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" >> InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" >>EndSection >> >># By default, Red Hat Linux 6.0 and later use xfs >> >>Section "Files" >> FontPath "unix/:7100" >>EndSection >> >># global values >>Section "ServerFlags" >> Option "Xinerama" "on" >>EndSection >> >># Module loading section >> >>Section "Module" >> Load "dbe" # Double-buffering >> Load "GLcore" # OpenGL support >> Load "dri" # Direct rendering infrastructure >> Load "glx" # OpenGL X protocol interface >> Load "extmod" # Misc. required extensions >> Load "v4l" # Video4Linux >> # Load "pex5" # PHIGS for X 3D environment (obsolete) >> # Load "record" # X event recorder >> # Load "xie" # X Image Extension (obsolete) >> # You only need the following two modules if you do not use xfs. >> # Load "freetype" # TrueType font handler >> # Load "type1" # Adobe Type 1 font handler >>EndSection >> >>Section "InputDevice" >> Identifier "Keyboard0" >> Driver "keyboard" >> Option "XkbLayout" "us" >>EndSection >> >>Section "InputDevice" >> Identifier "Mouse0" >> Driver "mouse" >> Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" >> Option "Protocol" "PS/2" >> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on" >> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" >>EndSection >> >> >># Monitor 1 >>Section "Monitor" >> Identifier "Iiyama A701GT, VisionMasterPro 400" >> VendorName "Unknown" >> ModelName "Unknown" >> HorizSync 27.0-96.0 >> VertRefresh 50.0-160.0 >> Option "dpms" >>EndSection >> >># Monitor 2 >>Section "Monitor" >> Identifier "Mitsubishi Diamond Plus 200u (NSH1117)" >> VendorName "Unknown" >> ModelName "Unknown" >> HorizSync 30.0-108.0 >> VertRefresh 50.0-160.0 >> Option "dpms" >>EndSection >> >># Device 1 >>Section "Device" >> Identifier "ATI Mach64" >> Driver "ati" >> BoardName "Unknown" >> BusID "PCI:0:14:0" >>EndSection >> >># Device 2 >>Section "Device" >> Identifier "card2" >> Driver "ati" >> BoardName "Unknown" >> BusID "PCI:1:6:0" >>EndSection >> >>Section "Device" >> Identifier "Linux Frame Buffer" >> Driver "fbdev" >> BoardName "Unknown" >>EndSection >> >># Screen 1 >>Section "Screen" >> Identifier "Screen0" >> Device "ATI Mach64" >> Monitor "Iiyama A701GT, VisionMasterPro 400" >> DefaultDepth 24 >> Subsection "Display" >> Depth 24 >> Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" >> ViewPort 0 0 >> EndSubSection >>EndSection >> >># Screen 2 >>Section "Screen" >> Identifier "Screen1" >> Device "card2" >> Monitor "Mitsubishi Diamond Plus 200u (NSH1117)" >> DefaultDepth 24 >> Subsection "Display" >> Depth 24 >> Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" >> ViewPort 0 0 >> #Virtual 640 1152 >> EndSubSection >>EndSection >> >> >>Section "DRI" >> Mode 0666 >>EndSection >> >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Xpert mailing list >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert >> > >_______________________________________________ >Xpert mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert > > _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
