From: Petr V. <VAN...@vc...> - 2005-01-11 22:53:16
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On 11 Jan 05 at 13:32, Uns Lider wrote: > I just upgraded from 2.4.9 to 2.6.10. I have a G100 quad, and VCs on > multiple heads. With 2.4.9 if I ran programs on two heads they would both > update the screen. Now only the one on the current VC updates, and the > other head is frozen until I switch to its VC. I remember some older > kernel versions being like this too. Is this a bug or do I have to > reconfigure something? Yes, 2.6.x kernels do not support this feature at all, it was removed... You need to apply http://platan.vc.cvut.cz/ftp/pub/vmware/matrox-latest/matroxfb-2.6.10.gz to your 2.6.10 kernel. Then text on both heads should update (if you use matroxfb, radeonfb or vesafb; other drivers are not tested as I do not have another hardware). Petr |
From: Uns L. <uns...@mi...> - 2005-01-12 16:41:10
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On Tue, 11 Jan 2005, Petr Vandrovec wrote: > On 11 Jan 05 at 13:32, Uns Lider wrote: > > I just upgraded from 2.4.9 to 2.6.10. I have a G100 quad, and VCs on > > multiple heads. With 2.4.9 if I ran programs on two heads they would both > > update the screen. Now only the one on the current VC updates, and the > > other head is frozen until I switch to its VC. I remember some older > > kernel versions being like this too. Is this a bug or do I have to > > reconfigure something? > Yes, 2.6.x kernels do not support this feature at all, it was removed... > > You need to apply > http://platan.vc.cvut.cz/ftp/pub/vmware/matrox-latest/matroxfb-2.6.10.gz > to your 2.6.10 kernel. Then text on both heads should update I've applied the patch and it works now, thanks! -- uns |