Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 21:31:09 -0500 From: "Trevor S. Cornpropst" <tcornpropst@cox.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dual Headed display with ati driver Message-ID: <200312032131.09799.tcornpropst@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <20031203084035.GA46177@marvin.penguinpowered.org> References: <20031203084035.GA46177@marvin.penguinpowered.org>
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On Wednesday 03 December 2003 03:40 am, Wayne Pascoe wrote: > Hi all, > > Has anyone here got a dual headed display working with the ati driver in > XFree86 ? I have a Radeon 9800pro and I'm using XFree86-Server-snap, > which I believe used the XFree86-4.3.99.15.tar.bz2 for it's install. > > With just one monitor plugged in, I get 1024x768 @ 85Hz. As soon as I > plug the second monitor in, even before configuring it, and startx, both > monitors come up with the same display on each. However my CRT will only > work at 60Hz which is a bit of a problem. > > I'm using an Iiyama Visionmaster pro 410 (CRT) as my primary monitory > and a Samsung Syncmaster S171 (LCD) as my secondary monitor. > > Does anyone have any pointers as to how I could get this working > properly ? > > Thanks in advance, I assume you are looking to get Xinerama functioning in all its glory. I posted a working configuration for my ATI FireGL X1 a while back. The configuration should work for you as well. http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=2323167+2328517+/usr/local/www/db/text/2003/freebsd-questions/20031012.freebsd-questions If this link doesn't work, just search freebsd-questions for ati radeon. Trevor
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