[ltp] IBM T43P (ATI FireGL V3200) - Dual Head Setup - External Display Blurry

Michael Gaber linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:18:01 +0100


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you should user the normal radeon driver (xf86-video-ati)  and be happy

fredrik lassen schrieb:
> hi,
> 
> thanks for the suggestion. i don't have a lot of experience with 
> tweaking xservers, so please bear with me ...
> 
> i got xrandr from git - did all the steps autogen.sh, make, and make 
> installed it - that all worked, but it did not change anything :/
> 
> you also seem to suggest using radeonhd - but i don't think radeonhd 
> supports the graphics cards i have (ATI Technologies Inc M24GL [Mobility 
> FireGL V3200]).
> i tried installing it anyway (following instructions here: 
> http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/ATI-Grafikkarten/RadeonHD), but the xserver 
> just totally borked.
> 
> any other ideas?
> 
> best regards,
> 
> 
> fredrik
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 9:03 PM, Michael Gaber <Michael.Gaber@gmx.net 
> <mailto:Michael.Gaber@gmx.net>> wrote:
> 
>     try using yrandr from git.
>     there have been some bugs fixed which were at least blockers on radeonhd
>     and have not made it into a release yet
> 
>     fredrik lassen schrieb:
>      > Hi,
>      >
>      > I have an T43p (14" 1400x1050) with a ATI FireGl V3200 and I run
>     Ubuntu
>      > 7.10.
>      >
>      > I have been able to set it up as a dual-head without further ado with
>      > both "ati" and "fgrlx" drivers. But using the "ati"  driver (and
>     xrandr)
>      > the external output (VGA) is distinctly blurry. The resolution is
>      > detected / set correctly via xrandr to 1680x1050 (Samsung 226BW)
>     - yet
>      > the display is distinctly blurry.
>      >
>      > I don't think it is a hardware/signal problem because when I use the
>      > fglrx driver the same external display is crisp - same story under
>      > Windows. Using "fglrx" is though not really an option because I would
>      > need to activate the "SWCursor"-option due to a bug with the
>     proprietary
>      > driver - otherwise the mouse cursor is all messed up
>      > (http://davestation.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/xinerama/).
>      >
>      > I have tried forcing frequencies via xrandr - but I do not really
>     know
>      > my ways with xrandr/X11 - any ideas how to go about this? - Any help
>      > would be much appreciated!
>      >
>      > Best Regards,
>      >
>      > Fredrik
>      >
>      >
> 
> 

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