Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Re: Status of radeonfb in 2.5?

[Michel <mi...@da...>]

On Fre, 2002-10-18 at 19:21, Nicholas Wourms wrote:
> Michel D=E4nzer wrote:
>=20
> > On Mit, 2002-10-16 at 22:55, Nicholas Wourms wrote:
> >>=20
> >> A) Is it (or will it ever be) possible to run dual head
> >> using two different cards (like radeon & riva-tnt2)?  I know
> >> there is still much work to be done, but I was curious if
> >> this was even remotely possible.
> >=20
> > I think it should theoretically work, but as always the only way to tel=
l
> > is to try it. :)
>=20
> Well there isn't much on multiheading in the documentation, so I was hopi=
ng=20
> for some hints or key insights into how to set this up.

Something like video=3Dradeonfb video=3Driva ?


> >> B) Does anyone have a painless, yet precise way of
> >> generating modelines for fb.modes if you are using
> >> XFree-4.2?  I only ask because the XFree modelines are all
> >> determined by i2c DDC probing, thus there are none in the
> >> XF86Config file.
> >=20
> > If the X driver supports Option "UseFBDev", you should be able to use
> > fbset with that.
> >=20
>=20
> Huh?  The problem is that fbset will not work because I need to populate=20
> fb.modes with proper mode lines.  So at the moment fbset won't work at al=
l. =20

I was thinking of running X with Option "UseFBDev" and getting
information about the modes with fbset.


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Earthling Michel D=E4nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member   /  CS student, Free Software enthusiast