From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 20 04:04:25 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6724116A41C for ; Mon, 20 Jun 2005 04:04:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from johnjawed@gmail.com) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.200]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BEEF43D49 for ; Mon, 20 Jun 2005 04:04:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from johnjawed@gmail.com) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 68so543553wra for ; Sun, 19 Jun 2005 21:04:24 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=Nr/UTj0k/CiCJrH/iGyP4wZH3nSh6vzc3Lktj5/23A5FY0dyFaRTp+PvDyVUHuPfptqH6r9cgYPgY+MNol9k3vZNMZoBHB/NhXnHy8JrOciMJFxJ7bE010FTa8ALKsjlFawLWV1kqHcK1QaJXdw9fCHDQq03OjMA4BVF0g5b6VQ= Received: by 10.54.150.2 with SMTP id x2mr2278057wrd; Sun, 19 Jun 2005 21:04:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.54.132.10 with HTTP; Sun, 19 Jun 2005 21:04:24 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 21:04:24 -0700 From: John Jawed To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 References: <42B5D2FF.4030807@reston.demon.nl> <18BCD3108DB1311390533CB7@Paul-Schmehls-Computer.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: Odd ATI + Xorg behavior X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: John Jawed List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 04:04:25 -0000 On 6/19/05, John Jawed wrote: >=20 > Hello Paul, >=20 > Yes I can have 3 side by side...it works fine like that except for the=20 > artifacting in X. Not having Xinerama was done on purpose, as it is nativ= ely=20 > done for me via by both the nvidia and ati drivers. My current goal is to= =20 > look for updated ati and/or nvidia drivers that may possibly fix this. >=20 > Regards >=20 > On 6/19/05, Paul Schmehl wrote: > >=20 > > --On June 19, 2005 2:16:38 PM -0700 John Jawed =20 > > wrote: > >=20 > > > Arghhhhhhhhh! > > > > > > Ok I removed the nvidia card, reconfigured X and everything works lik= e=20 > > a=20 > > > charm! There has to be a driver incompatiblity in X for my setup.=20 > > 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.=20 > > > > > > 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.=20 > >=20 > > IOW, screen 1 left of screen 0, screen 2 above (or below) screen 0. > >=20 > > I also noticed that you don't have Option "Xinerama" "True" in your > > ServerLayout section. Is that deliberate? I know ati cards will do=20 > > xinerama-like display natively, but I wonder if using the xorg.confOpti= on > > would be more effective. > >=20 > > Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) > > Adjunct Information Security Officer=20 > > University of Texas at Dallas > > AVIEN Founding Member > > http://www.utdallas.edu/ > >=20 >