Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-xorg (19 mails)

[Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@xxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 12:46:25AM -0400, Geoffrey wrote:
> Just installed 10.1 along side my existing 10.  This really is getting 
> frustrating.  I attempted to configure my dual head system from within 
> YaST, but again, no luck.  I tried using my previous 10.0 xorg.conf file 
> and again no luck.
> 
> Upgrade from 9.3 to 10.0 required a complete reconfiguration to get my 
> dual head working again.
> 
> Now I'm trying to go from 10 to 10.1 and it looks like I'm in the same 
> shape.
> 
> So anyone know what's changed?
> 
> 9.3 was a working xinerama configuration.
> 10 required a merged framebuffer configuration.
> 
> So what does 10.1 want?
> 
> Specifics:
> 
> ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV280
> 
> Samsung SyncMaster 910T
> Viewsonic P225f

Try using "radeonold" or "radeon10b" driver (recommended:
radeon10b). radeon driver has regressions. :-(

Best regards,
Stefan

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