Mailinglist Archive: radeonhd (529 mails)

[Matthias Hopf <mhopf@xxxxxxx>]

On Dec 03, 07 23:56:50 -0500, PinkFreud wrote:
> I've been searching for an answer to the above question.
> Unfortunately, all I've managed to get so far is 'yes, check the wiki
> and xorg.conf(5)'.  The wiki claims to provide an answer for a static

No, radeonhd currently has no non-RandR multihead setup code ATM.

>  * I do not yet have an X server with the PreferredMode bug fixed, and
> do not wish to shoehorn a call to the xrandr util somewhere in my X
> startup scripts just to get a sane video mode.

In that case: bad luck. Either one is necessary for many configuration
setups. The RandR mode handling is at least partially broken.

>  * My second head is an IBM P202 20" CRT.  A shared desktop spanning a
> 17" lcd and 20" crt just does not look good, and RandR isn't much for
> doing seperate desktops.

You can use multiple screen sections and a standard Xinerama-style
multihead setup. It won't work with 3d, but as we don't have that ATM...

There are several descriptions how to do that on the web. Just google
for Xinerama.

Matthias

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