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Date:      Wed, 3 Dec 2003 21:31:09 -0500
From:      "Trevor S. Cornpropst" <tcornpropst@cox.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Dual Headed display with ati driver
Message-ID:  <200312032131.09799.tcornpropst@cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <20031203084035.GA46177@marvin.penguinpowered.org>
References:  <20031203084035.GA46177@marvin.penguinpowered.org>

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On Wednesday 03 December 2003 03:40 am, Wayne Pascoe wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Has anyone here got a dual headed display working with the ati driver in
> XFree86 ? I have a Radeon 9800pro and I'm using XFree86-Server-snap,
> which I believe used the XFree86-4.3.99.15.tar.bz2 for it's install.
>
> With just one monitor plugged in, I get 1024x768 @ 85Hz. As soon as I
> plug the second monitor in, even before configuring it, and startx, both
> monitors come up with the same display on each. However my CRT will only
> work at 60Hz which is a bit of a problem.
>
> I'm using an Iiyama Visionmaster pro 410 (CRT) as my primary monitory
> and a Samsung Syncmaster S171 (LCD) as my secondary monitor.
>
> Does anyone have any pointers as to how I could get this working
> properly ?
>
> Thanks in advance,

I assume you are looking to get Xinerama functioning in all its glory. I 
posted a working configuration for my ATI FireGL X1 a while back. The 
configuration should work for you as well.

http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=2323167+2328517+/usr/local/www/db/text/2003/freebsd-questions/20031012.freebsd-questions

If this link doesn't work, just search freebsd-questions for ati radeon.

Trevor



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