On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote: > I just updated my workstation from RedHat Linux 6.2 to Redhat 7.2. > my dual-head G400 doesn't display output to the second head anymore; even > tho X thinks the display is there. i.e. the second monitor is black. > > The X logs seem to indicate that it thinks the display is there; it's > running Xinerama, both MGA modules (one for each head) load, I can scroll > the cursor to that area and it will disappear for a suitably long period of > time before desktops switch in that direction, windows will start and be in > that area (of course, I can't see them). > > the old system was running X 4.1.0 and linux kernel 2.2.20; the new one ran > X 4.1.0 until I upgraded it to 4.2.0 (from Redhat's Rawhide source RPMs); > and I've tried kernels 2.4.7 and 2.4.9 (from redhat) and 2.4.19-pre2-ac2 > (built from source myself.) > > I have tried swapping monitors, to make sure the monitor isn't dead. > I have booted from the old hard drive (RH 6.2), and tried X; and found that > X works just fine, displaying to both monitors.
Is X v4.1 using the MGA HAL module mga_hal_drv.o ? Is X v4.2 ? As far as I can remember the G400 never worked Dual Head without HAL. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
