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Old 09-26-2005, 06:31 PM   #1
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Radeon 9250


Please does anyone have a working xorg.conf for RADEON 9250 with two heads conect to DVI and VGA connector, using radeon or fglrx modules. I am using Mandriva 2005 LE x86_64.

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Old 10-03-2005, 03:31 PM   #2
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Have you installed the latest fglrx drivers and tried configuring it when you run fglrxconfig?
 
Old 10-04-2005, 04:11 PM   #3
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radeon

Yes I did.

I just got it to work as a dual head , big desktop. The key is there are two device, but only ONE is the controler for both monitors, he other one is for TV output, not VGA. here is the final xorg.conf :

# ATI RADEON 9250 - BIG DESKTOP - DUAL HEAD

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "Xinerama"
AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse does not work
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "dri"
Load "drm"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "device0"
VendorName "ATI"
BoardName "ATI Radeon"
Driver "radeon"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "DDCMode" "on"
Option "DPMS"
Screen 0
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "device1"
BoardName "ATI Radeon"
Driver "radeon"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "DDCMode" "on"
Option "DPMS"
Screen 1
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "monitor0"
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "monitor1"
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "device0"
Monitor "monitor0"
DefaultColorDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Virtual 1280 1024
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "device1"
Monitor "monitor1"
DefaultColorDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Virtual 1280 1024
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Multihead layout"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
Screen "Screen0" 0 0
Screen "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
EndSection
 
  


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