[ltp] ATI Driver 8.10.19 not working on DVI

[Osho GG]

On Monday 28 February 2005 10:21 am, Paul R Streitman wrote:
> I could not get the previous driver working, but with 8.10.19 the attached
> xorg.conf works for me.  (See attached file: xorg.conf)
>
> IBM 18 inch LCD connected via (digital) DVI to a T41p through a port
> replicator.  Mandrake cooker (xorg 6.8.2, cvs xorg works too), kernel
> 2.6.11-rc5 (had to patch the ATI driver as described on the Rage3D forums)
> with Radeon framebuffer console support.  The base configuration uses the
> DVI port at 1280x1024.  "startx -- -layout home" for using the T41p's
> 1400x1050 display.  I do not see any problems using the combination of
> framebuffer and ATI with this driver, nor do I see any crashes, etc.
>

Thanks for the xorg.conf. Do you get display on both the laptop screen and the 
external LCD (connected via DVI) together? Or, do you get only one of them? 
If you get only one of them, can you switch from one to another without 
having to restart X?

thanks,
Osho

> I do get acceleration (glxgears gives me over 2000 FPS, fgl_glxgears around
> 427 FPS).  I do not have any 3D apps other than tuxracer, which gives me a
> black screen whether I am using DVI or the T41p's LCD.   Composite does not
> work very well at all (oh well...).
>
>                                                               Thanks,
>                                                                 Paul
> z/OS core components development
> Internet: prs@us.ibm.com
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> I've checked the ATI bug database, but the problem is not that it's
> not showing output on DVI incorrectly. It does not show it at all. Also
> Flavio experienced this on his laptop. The driver just ignores the DVI
> output. The bug described is for corrupted display. The rage3d shows an
> entry though for the Radeon 9100 with the problem I have it seem. I entered
> a bug entry:
>    http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=106
> You can find my .config, XF86Config-4 attached there.
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> Carsten.
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> Uwe Walter wrote:
> > On Mo, 2005-02-28 at 17:15 +0100, Carsten Heinelt wrote:
> >>   has anybody success with the ATI XFree drivers 8.10.19 to work
> >>with a monitor on the DVI output?
> >
> > AFAIK this is currently not possible with ATI's fglrx (correct me if I'm
> > wrong!).
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> > Many threads about this on:
> > http://www.rage3d.com/board/forumdisplay.php?f=88
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> > and some related bug entries on:
> > http://ati.cchtml.com/buglist.cgi?content=
> >
> >
> > Greetings, UW(e)
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Osho