Subject: Re: Radeon 9600 XT dual head
To: None <st3phen@paradise.net.nz>
From: MLH <mlh@goathill.org>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/24/2004 14:46:15
> Thanks for your help, but these changes don't seem to have any effect -
> first I tried the steps you gave explicitly, but I came up with several
> errors - mknod /dev/ttyF{cfg,stat} ... requires an option from d, c, or p
> - I tried this with c, as it was the only option that made sense for the
> values you gave. The unit sizes are also different to the "ttyE..."
> devices on my system - I tried with the sizes you specified, and with the
> same sizes as "ttyE..." /usr/sbin/wsconscfg -f /dev/ttyFcfg -t radeon 0
> returns either: "wsconscfg: screen N is already configured" or "wsconscfg:
> WSDISPLAYIO_ADDSCREEN: Device not configured" What was I supposed to get
> from rc.local?
I have a radeon 7500 and an 9200e running dual headed Xinerama with
kde3 xinerama support. I changed no devices from stock whatsoever.
I only had to modify my XF86Config file. I have a 19" Sun monitor
and a 21" lcd Samsung.
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "sunmonitor"
VendorName "SUN"
ModelName "CM751U"
HorizSync 31-96
VertRefresh 50-160
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "210t"
VendorName "SAM"
ModelName "210T/MP/LXA"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
# these device sections work with either a 7500 or a 9200e
Section "Device"
Identifier "Radeon0"
Driver "radeon"
VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"
BoardName "Radeon RV200 QW [Radeon 7500]"
BusID "PCI:1:5:0"
Option "CloneDisplay" "1"
Screen 0
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Radeon1"
Driver "radeon"
VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"
BoardName "Radeon RV200 QW [Radeon 7500]"
BusID "PCI:1:5:0"
Screen 1
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "CRT"
Device "Radeon1"
Monitor "sunmonitor"
[...]
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "LCD"
Device "Radeon0"
Monitor "210t"
[...]
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Screen 0 "LCD"
Screen 1 "CRT" LeftOf "LCD"
Option "Xinerama" "true"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection