Cannot disable RandR 1.2 with FGLRX driver

[onichi]

Hey everyone,

After hours or searching, trying things, I still have not been able to get RandR 1.2 to go away when using the ati-drivers package version 10.12.

I have a triple-head setup, and I am trying to get Big Desktop working, without having to use Xinerama.

I have tried everything that I could find on the internet, including:

1) Adding Option "EnableRandR12" "false" to each device section in my Xorg
2) Calling aticonfig --set-pcs-str="DDX,EnableRandR12,FALSE" which I verified to work properly by checking the /etc/ati/amdpcsb file

No matter what I do, aticonfig tells me RandR 1.2 is still enabled. Why is the driver forcing me to use RandR 1.2, when it prevents an ATi tool from configuring my monitors! It makes no sense to me.

I initially thought that RandR was disabled when I added "EnableRandR12" "false" to my Xorg, but looking at my Xorg.0.log it showed me that:
"Disabling in-server XRandr , enabling in-driver XRandr 1.2" etc.

Any help would be appreciated. I do not know what else to do or where to look.

Thank you!

[onichi]

Apparently the answer to this question isn't really out there. I am guessing there is an issue with the latest version of the Catalyst drivers, which prevents the user from disabling Randr1.2.


Anyone know who to complain to about the drivers having issues? I am assuming that the catalyst drivers are completely closed source.

Thanks

[Auz]

Have you tried System->Preferences->Monitors (or the equivalent in KDE if you're using that)? I haven't really bothered cleaning out my xorg.conf after years of wrestling the ati-drivers, but I think a lot of it is ignored now. In recent versions though, running the display settings and removing the check in "Same image in all monitors" was all that was needed.

[onichi]

Thanks for the reply

Im not using KDE or Gnome -- just Fluxbox. I hate menus, but right now I wish I had a menu that could fix this for me I've noticed I have had a lot of driver/settings issues.

Maybe I should just switch to the open source radeon drivers. I wanted the catalyst drivers because I was going to try some games on linux, but productivity from having the ability to move windows between monitors is more worth it.

[Spectre256]

That's funny, I have the exact opposite problem. I have a HD 6950 running dual monitors on big desktop, and I can't get RandR 1.2 to be enabled using 11.2!

I do have rotation of one monitor enabled, and it's been a nightmare. Impossible to configure, and very slow 2d performance. Everything worked fine with my old HD 4850

[hedmo]

onichi

if you want to get rid of RandR12 try to set multi-display desktop with display(s) 1 or 2 and no xinerama

[onichi]

[hedmo]

sorry my bad.you need to add +qt4 useflag and that i dont belive you want

the gui interface auto change my xorg.conf so i will re config my set up for you tomorrow 21/3-11
and post my xorg .conf

[onichi]

Thanks.

I tried upgrading to 11.2 and I still have the same RandR issue. I wonder how you got it disabled Spectre.

[hedmo]

before i mess with my setup.do you have any qt program

[onichi]