Found some solutions, see 2nd and 3rd post. I just noticed that this Thread already got ~150 views. wow. Would be glad to know if it worked for some of you too
So for two days now I am trying to set up a dual head system.
Radeon 9600 XT with one DVI and one VGA out
1280x1024 lcd connected to DVI
1024x768 lcd connected to vga
The first one always works, and for two days now I am trying to get the second monitor to show me something
What I want: Either something like Xinerama, or simply two distinct desktops. Don't need any kind of 3D acceleration and stuff. I don't want to use the binary ati-drivers. They produced some more or less usable result, but switching to console and back made my pc crash, and I certainly don't want that.
So here is my current xorg.conf: (NOT WORKING !!!)
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# File: XF86Config-4
# **********************************************************************
# DRI Section
# **********************************************************************
Section "dri"
# Access to OpenGL ICD is allowed for all users:
Mode 0666
# Access to OpenGL ICD is restricted to a specific user group:
# Group 100 # users
# Mode 0660
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
EndSubSection
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
# Load "truetype"
# This loads the GLX module
Load "glx" # libglx.a
Load "dri" # libdri.a
EndSection
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/lib/X11/rgb"
# ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/local"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/corefonts"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ukr"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "Xinerama" "On"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "kbd"
Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "de"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
HorizSync 31-61
VertRefresh 56-75
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 31-61
VertRefresh 56-75
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "SVGA0"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
Driver "radeon"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 0
Option "MetaModes" "1280x1024,1024x768; 1280x1024; 1024x768,1024x768; 1024x768;"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "SVGA1"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
Driver "radeon"
BusID "PCI:1:0:1"
Option "MetaModes" "1280x1024,1024x768; 1280x1024; 1024x1024,1024x1024;"
Screen 1
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "SVGA0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768"
ViewPort 0 0 # initial origin if mode is smaller than desktop
Virtual 1280 1024
EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "SVGA1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768"
ViewPort 0 0 # initial origin if mode is smaller than desktop
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Multihead"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
Screen "Screen0" 0 0
Screen "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Server Layout"
Screen "Screen0"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
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grep EE /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(EE) RADEON(0): Failed to parse MetaModes or no modes found. MergeFB mode disabled.
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grep WW /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo" does not exist.
(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/local/share/fonts".
(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts".
(WW) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such file or directory)
(WW) RADEON: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:1:0:1) found
(WW) RADEON(0): config file hsync range 31-61kHz not within DDC hsync ranges.
(WW) RADEON(0): config file vrefresh range 56-75Hz not within DDC vrefresh ranges.
(WW) RADEON(0): Mode "1280x1024,1024x768;" is not a supported mode for CRT1
(WW) RADEON(0): Skipping metamode "1280x1024,1024x768;".
(WW) RADEON(0): Mode "1280x1024;" is not a supported mode for CRT1
(WW) RADEON(0): Skipping metamode "1280x1024;".
(WW) RADEON(0): Mode "1024x768,1024x768;" is not a supported mode for CRT1
(WW) RADEON(0): Skipping metamode "1024x768,1024x768;".
(WW) RADEON(0): Mode "1024x768;" is not a supported mode for CRT1
(WW) RADEON(0): Skipping metamode "1024x768;".
(WW) RADEON(0): Failed to set up write-combining range (0xe0000000,0x8000000)Code: Select all
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AR [Radeon 9600]
0000:01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AR [Radeon 9600] (Secondary)
