[Linux-fbdev-devel] Re: Framebuffer vt's second monitor ATI 9000

[Javier V. <ja...@mi...>]

Hi. Thanks for your answer.
Check below after a couple of ****.

----- Mensaje original ----- 
De: "Geert Uytterhoeven" <ge...@li...>
Para: "Javier Vizcaino" <ja...@mi...>
CC: "Linux Frame Buffer Device Development" <lin...@li...>
Enviado: viernes, 19 de diciembre de 2003 12:14
Asunto: Re: Framebuffer vt's second monitor ATI 9000


: On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, Javier Vizcaino wrote:
: > I have an ISA/PCI/AGP PC. In the past the graphic cards it had were:
: > -AGP 3dfx Voodoo3 as primary.
: > -PCI Matrox Mystique as secondary.
: > It also had (and has now) an ISA Hercules monochrome.
: > With them I could have Xinerama on X with 3dfx and Matrox, and framebuffer
: > based vt's on Matrox (module matroxfb_base) and Hercules (module hgafb).
: > So the PC has three connected monitors. It multiboots in Windows 98SE,
: > Windows 2000 and Linux.
: >
: > I changed the Matrox to install a board with USB2 and 1394 (I have no free
: > slots; even I use at the time the ISA and PCI slots which are close, having
: > modified a 3Com net card to permit using both close connectors).
: >
: > For doing multihead I installed an AGP board with an ATI 9000 chip having an VGA
: > and a DVI connector, so using an adaptor I can attach two monitors. I keep the
: > ISA Hercules monochrome, with its monochrome monitor.
: >
: > All works as before (see P.D.) with the Matrox except the vt's on the ATI second
: > connector. I suppose that the module to use is 'radeonfb.o', but I'm not sure at
: > all. With "modprobe radeonfb":
: > /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdkcustom/kernel/drivers/video/radeonfb.o: init_module: No such device
: > modprobe: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdkcustom/kernel/drivers/video/radeonfb.o failed
: > modprobe: insmod radeonfb failed
: 
: This looks like your Radeon is too new for radeonfb.

**** The chip is shown as Radeon 9000 Pro (lf) Rev 1 by DirectX 9.0, so it doesn't semm
to be very new.

: 
: > and an indication of invalid IO or IRQ.
: >
: > "modinfo -p radeonfb" gives nothing.
: >
: > Questions:
: > -Is it possible to have framebuffer based vt's on the second connector of the ATI board?
: > -How should I proceed (modules, options, etc)?
: 
: I don't think radeonfb does real multi-head yet.

**** If you ever find some info about this, or if it is other the module for it,
please let me know.

: 
: > I use Mandrake 9.1 with kernel 2.4.21-0.13. I have also a laptop with a similar ATI chip,
: > in which multihead also works similarily, but "modprobe radeonfb" gives the same error.
: >
: > TIA, Javier Vizcaino, Madrid, Spain.
: >
: > P.D. What works as before is:
: > -Windows 98SE: the two monitors on the AGP board and the ISA Hercules.
: > -Windows 2000: the two monitors on the AGP board.
: > -Linux: xinerama X, but no vt's on second AGP connector.
: 
: Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
: 
: Geert
: 
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