[ltp] Radeon/ATI driver fixed in Debian/Sid

Alex Deucher linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 28 Apr 2006 09:04:40 -0400


On 4/28/06, Carl-Fredrik Enell <carl-fredrik.enell@sgo.fi> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there a way to get two proper display devices (:0.0 and :0.1 like
> in Xfree86) or does the updated driver still only allow dual-headed
> virtual configurations of screen :0.0 (that's the only thing I have
> managed to configure, using MergedFB).

yes.  just set up a standard dualhead configuration (not mergedfb) and
don't include the "xinerama" option.  Note, if you are using 6.9 or
7.0, you'll need either xorg cvs or the latest stable radeon release.

Alex

>
> All the best
> Carl-Fredrik
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