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Old 02-09-2006, 02:40 PM   #1
CopyrightPhilly
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use two ati cards?


hi;

i currently have two cards;
1 - AGP on BUSID 1:0:0 (already setup with ati driver with dual head)
2 - PCI on BUSID 0:8:0 (not setup)

now would it be possable to set the PCI card to dislay another desktop?
i cant access SAX because i already installed the ati drivers for the AGP card.

also;
would it be possable to change the defult refresh rate for things like the login screen?
its just that my main monior is running on DVI so it has to be on a refresh rate of 60 so u dont get a load of red dots all over.

cheers;
Phil
 
Old 02-11-2006, 06:44 AM   #2
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Originally Posted by CopyrightPhilly
hi;

i currently have two cards;
1 - AGP on BUSID 1:0:0 (already setup with ati driver with dual head)
2 - PCI on BUSID 0:8:0 (not setup)

now would it be possable to set the PCI card to dislay another desktop?
i cant access SAX because i already installed the ati drivers for the AGP card.

also;
would it be possable to change the defult refresh rate for things like the login screen?
its just that my main monior is running on DVI so it has to be on a refresh rate of 60 so u dont get a load of red dots all over.

cheers;
Phil
using the "official ati propietary driver" I don't think it's possible to get two graphic cards working, should be on their known bug list, but i'm starting to think the problem could be widespread since i'm using the open source drivers and cant get my second card to "soft boot" with the int10 module. I'm guessing it's either the radeon driver related or probably my bios. I'm betting on my bios. I've tried to hardcode bios memory address values and it's not working.

a good guide for getting two cards working is:
http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=...&tid=23&tid=99

hope you have better luck then me
 
  


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