redhat-config-xfree86-0.9.9-2 Traceback on a dual head ATI

[Mike A. Harris]

On Tue, 7 Oct 2003, Mark Heslep wrote:

>Latest redhat-config-xfree86 w/ the dual head code tracebacks on a dual 
>head ATI FireGL X1.  Displays:  NEC LCD 1860NX, Dell P991.
>I have X working manually with the stock 'radeon' driver but only single 
>head so far;  ATI's fglrx drivers do the job for dual head though w/ no 
>Xinerama - a deal breaker.  Yes the fglrx package is removed and 
>lib-Mesa reinstalled for these results:
>
>$ rpm -q redhat-config-xfree86
>redhat-config-xfree86-0.9.9-2
>
>$ /sbin/lspci
>...
>01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R300 NG 
>[FireGL X1] (rev 80)
>01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R300 [FireGL X1] 
>(Secondary) (rev 80)

You're partially in luck...   Miraculously, I actually have an 
ATI FireGL X1 256p, and a Dell P991 monitor, however only one of 
each.  The downside is that the only 2 machines I have with an 
AGP Pro slot to plug the FireGL X1 beast into are an Intel 
Itanium 2 box (HP zx2000), and my main workstation which is a 
huge PITA to reboot, so I avoid ever changing it's video 
hardware.

However, if this problem persists and is proven or proven beyond 
a reasonable doubt to be a video driver problem using XFree86 
4.3.0-37 or later, I'm willing to bite my tongue and put the X1 
into my workstation for some debugging.

Of course, only with the OSS drivers, not the fgl ones from ATI.  
;o)

Just a note, for dualhead support of any ATI, Matrox, etc. 
adaptor, both device sections must contain a BusId, and it must 
be identical in both sections (lots of people get this 
incorrect).  Head 1 section needs a "Screen 0", and head 2 needs 
"Screen 1".  I have a sample config somewhere on 
people.redhat.com in ftp...

Let me know how you make out fiddling/testing. Be sure to use 
4.3.0-37 or later.


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Mike A. Harris     ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris
OS Systems Engineer - XFree86 maintainer - Red Hat