[ltp] X24 Dual-head

Alex Deucher linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 22 May 2006 15:26:18 -0400


On 5/22/06, Rolf Leggewie <rolf@leggewie.biz> wrote:
> Hi Alex,
>
> IIRC you are also the proud owner of an X24 Thinkpad model.
>
> I have been trying to get a dual-head setup working on this machine.
> Previously, I owned an X20 where I was able to do dual-head via an ATI
> PCI card in the full dock.  I just swapped the HD to the new machine but
> dual-head refuses to work.
>
> Can you maybe let me have the relevant sections from your xorg.conf?  I
> run an up-to-date Debian testing system if that matters.

What version of xorg are you running?  there were some problems with
"regular" dualhead in the stock 6.9/7.0 radeon driver.  You'll need
xorg from cvs or the stable ati branch to get dualhead working
properly.  mergedfb should work either way.

Alex


>
> Regards
>
> Rolf