Re: Hardware problems on booting

[Aivils <ai...@un...>]

On Tuesday 30 November 2004 10:34, vineesh kumar wrote:
> Hi all,
>   i am a newbie to the list and also multi head booting. I am trying to
> configure multihead booting on RH Linux 9.0. With an SiS integrated
> graphics card and ATI radeon LT pro PCI card. I compile the ruby patched
> kernel.And everything is ok. The problem is that when the kernel loads
> the usb mouse gets disabled and usb keyboard too. I am using a Silitek
> keybiard.and an optical mouse.But i can start X server on the secon
> monitor. After that the system hangsup.
>  I tested the same kernel with some other system, a p4 with original
> intel MB. There is no problem with the kernel now but there is some
> hradware incompatibilities so i can't start the x on the second monitor.
>  
If as i know one guy try aproximately 300 times start dual X on
integrated graphics, however all times unsuccessful. 

> My observation is (as I worked for more than 3 and half months till
> Zoltan came for my rescue at last) that the multihead does not work in a
> built-in AGP in motherboards like that of Intel and also it does not
> work with the sis cards :( What I did was I acquired a new nVIDIA
> GeForce MX 4000 card and exchanged the old sis card with the s3 Virge/Dx
> and it worked perfect. :)
> 
> I posted this thinking that this information could be useful.
> 
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Aivils