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Old 03-02-2006, 10:29 AM   #1
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ati-drivers/fglrx refresh rate problem


I can honestly say I have tried everything I can think of on this one. I have a Compaq Presario M2000/Turion64 running Gentoo (kernel 2.6.15 amd64). It has an ATI Radeon Xpress 200M card and I am trying to use the binary drivers from ATI. The drivers load successfully and work fine with one monitor. However, when I connect a second monitor it works except the refresh rate is wrong. I have tried everything I can find for setting the refresh rate (as you will be able to see from the mess below).

/etc/X11/xorg.conf

Code:
Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "Layout0"
	Screen      0  "aticonfig Screen 0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "TouchPad" "AlwaysCore"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "freetype"
	# Load "xtt"
	Load  "extmod"
	Load  "glx"
	Load  "dri"
	Load  "dbe"
	Load  "record"
	Load  "xtrap"
	Load  "type1"
	Load  "speedo"
	Load  "synaptics"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "TouchPad"
	Driver      "synaptics"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mouse0"
	Option	    "Protocol" "auto-dev"
	Option	    "LeftEdge" "1700"
	Option	    "RightEdge" "5300"
	Option	    "TopEdge" "1700"
	Option	    "BottomEdge" "4200"
	Option	    "FingerLow" "25"
	Option	    "FingerHigh" "30"
	Option	    "MaxTapTime" "180"
	Option	    "MaxTapMove" "220"
	Option	    "VertScrollDelta" "100"
	Option	    "MinSpeed" "0.09"
	Option	    "MaxSpeed" "0.18"
	Option	    "AccelFactor" "0.0015"
	Option	    "PalmMinWidth" "70"
	Option	    "PalmMinZ" "200"
	Option	    "SHMConfig" "on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "SHMConfig" "on"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
	Option	    "Buttons" "5"
	Option	    "Protocol" "Auto"
	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "keyboard"
	Option	    "XkbModel" "presario"
	Option	    "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "Modes"

  # 1024x768 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 47.70 kHz; pclk: 64.11 MHz
	Identifier     "MyModes"
	ModeLine     "1024x768_60.00" 64.1 1024 1080 1184 1344 768 769 772 795 -hsync +vsync
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "aticonfig Monitor 0"
	VertRefresh  50.0 - 60.0
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

	# 1024x768 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 47.70 kHz; pclk: 64.11 MHz
	Identifier   "aticonfig Monitor 1"
	VertRefresh  50.0 - 60.0
	ModeLine     "1024x768_60.00" 64.1 1024 1080 1184 1344 768 769 772 795 -hsync +vsync
	Option	    "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "ATI Graphics Adapter 0"
	Driver      "fglrx"
	Option	    "(null)"
	Option	    "DesktopSetup" "Horizontal"
	Option	    "VideoOverlay" "on"
	Option	    "OpenGLOverlay" "on"
	Option	    "UseInternalAGPGART" "on"
	Option	    "VRefresh" "50-60"
	Option	    "VRefresh2" "50-60"
	Option	    "IgnoreEDID" "on"
	BusID       "PCI:1:5:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "ATI Graphics Adapter 1"
	Driver      "fglrx"
	Option	    "VRefresh" "50-60"
	Option	    "VRefresh2" "50-60"
	Option	    "IgnoreEDID" "on"
	BusID       "PCI:1:5:0"
	Screen      1
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "aticonfig Screen 0"
	Device     "ATI Graphics Adapter 0"
	Monitor    "aticonfig Monitor 0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
		Modes    "1024x768"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "aticonfig Screen 1"
	Device     "ATI Graphics Adapter 1"
	Monitor    "aticonfig Monitor 1"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
		Modes    "1024x768"
	EndSubSection
EndSection
Anybody know how to force the refresh rate on the second head? My target refresh rate is 60Hz, it is currently defaulting to 85Hz, which is unreadable. Note that the first head is a laptop screen, which I think can handle 60Hz.
 
Old 03-02-2006, 03:37 PM   #2
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Check Gentoo wiki and ibm ThinkPad wiki for similar issue. Linux-on-laptop or Tuxmobile may have genttoo install notes on your lappy model. Good luck.
 
  


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