From: Javier V. <ja...@mi...> - 2003-12-19 12:17:01
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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 : : -- : Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- ge...@li... : : In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But : when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. : -- Linus Torvalds |