[ltp] Gentoo Linux on T42p, two problems

[Eric Munson]

I have Gentoo has been running well for me for the past year now but I have 
been forced to run the ATI binary drivers inorder to use an external monitor 
along with the internal LCD.  The latest update of the binary drivers has 
changed something pretty major because when my mouse pointer is in the second 
screen is shows up as a square of visual noise.  So I tried moving to the 
free driver and using a MergedFB setup but I cannot get it to work on both 
monitors.  Usually the external monitor is live but the internal displays 
nothing.  Xorg.0.log is not helpful, it reports everything went fine for both 
cases.  I would prefer to use the free driver but having both displays 
working is a higher priority su if anyone can suggest a solution I would 
appreciate it.  My xorg.conf file for the free driver can be found at 
http://www.cs.nmsu.edu/~emunson/xorg.conf.free

My second problem is sound no longer works after a fresh boot until I run the 
alsaconf script.  Afterwards it works fine, where can I start looking for the 
cause of this?

Thanks in advance for your help.
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Eric Munson
ebmunson@us.ibm.com
503.578.3104 T/L 775.3104