[opensuse] double X server problem ATI fglrx driver SOLVED
For the archive...
I recently updated an on-board pci video with the ATI X1050 (hardware) and
activated the card's 3D accelerator (see the archive for the details).
I soon noticed that two X servers were running (one session owner, the other
sleeping) both on :0 vtty7, the one looking like a fork of the other...
same mem, same start time, incremental process id, no associated -:0 and no
running time... obviously not doing anything except taking up memory and
irritating me. :-O
Well, I wanted the fglrx driver from ATI for the 3D acceleration and failed to
realize that the larger contribution of the driver is dual head support.
Although I had the xorg.conf configured as only one screen, CLONE mode off,
Xinerama off, DesktopSetup "s" (single), and have only ONE display card with
only ONE monitor... the silly driver starts a second X server to handle the
second head --- if I ever want to add it !
I have not been able to find a way to prevent the startup, except to turn on
Xinerama. Xinerama will handle both monitors on one X server as one large
desk... or, by turning Xinerama off two X servers can be running, one for
each of the monitors. If I turn on Xinerama then the second X server does not
startup... *and* 3D acceleration is not activated.
For the archive... As an aside, this is why closed proprietary drivers are e v i l. Can't
On Tuesday 08 May 2007 19:47, M Harris wrote: figure out how it works, can't fix it once I know, can't fork it off and build my own (better) and I have to live with a bug for a while. I opened a ticket with the AMD ATI folks to get their feedback on this drvier behavior... and to let them know why this is frustrating. But the bottom line is that the community need open source 3D drivers for these ATI cards... I'm about to the point where I am not going to touch another one of them... and I'm gonna tell them so.... -- Kind regards, M Harris <>< -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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