Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 21:04:24 -0700 From: John Jawed <johnjawed@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Odd ATI + Xorg behavior Message-ID: <a9eb358505061921045bc8860@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <a9eb358505061921047819a9c6@mail.gmail.com> References: <a9eb358505061909183d813f01@mail.gmail.com> <42B5D2FF.4030807@reston.demon.nl> <a9eb358505061913553f14b44@mail.gmail.com> <a9eb35850506191416a0a231@mail.gmail.com> <18BCD3108DB1311390533CB7@Paul-Schmehls-Computer.local> <a9eb358505061921047819a9c6@mail.gmail.com>
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On 6/19/05, John Jawed <johnjawed@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello Paul, > > Yes I can have 3 side by side...it works fine like that except for the > artifacting in X. Not having Xinerama was done on purpose, as it is natively > done for me via by both the nvidia and ati drivers. My current goal is to > look for updated ati and/or nvidia drivers that may possibly fix this. > > Regards > > On 6/19/05, Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> wrote: > > > > --On June 19, 2005 2:16:38 PM -0700 John Jawed <johnjawed@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Arghhhhhhhhh! > > > > > > Ok I removed the nvidia card, reconfigured X and everything works like > > a > > > charm! There has to be a driver incompatiblity in X for my setup. > > Now...I > > > guess my options are to switch from the "ati" driver to the "radeon" > > > driver, and possibly from the "nv" driver to the "nvidia" driver. > > > > > > Any input would be appreciated. > > > > > Are you sure xorg will display on three screens horizontally? I had the > > impression that you could do two side by side or four horizontally *and* > > vertically. > > > > IOW, screen 1 left of screen 0, screen 2 above (or below) screen 0. > > > > I also noticed that you don't have Option "Xinerama" "True" in your > > ServerLayout section. Is that deliberate? I know ati cards will do > > xinerama-like display natively, but I wonder if using the xorg.confOption > > would be more effective. > > > > Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) > > Adjunct Information Security Officer > > University of Texas at Dallas > > AVIEN Founding Member > > http://www.utdallas.edu/ > > >
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