[ltp] xorg.conf dual screens

Lenz Grimmer linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 28 Oct 2005 10:21:09 +0200


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Hi,

Eli Criffield wrote:

> Using SUSE 10 xorg 6.8.2 on a T42 (with a 1024x768 LCD)
> 
> Ok something changed, i upgraded from suse 9.3 to suse 10 and now my
> dual screen configuration is broke.
> 
> One screen works fine, the other is blank, Same config file as 9.3...

Sounds familiar... The radeon driver as shipped with SUSE Linux 10.0 has
a few quirks.

> I tried both these config files that i hacked together..
> http://criffield.net/~eli/xorg/
> 
> xorg.conf.suse9.3 used two screens and sets the layout in Section "ServerLayout"
> That worked before the upgrade. Now i only see one screen.

See http://www.opensuse.org/Laptops_and_external_VGA for details. You
need to replace the radeon_drv.o module with the one posted on that
page, this fixed it for me.

Bye,
	LenZ
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