Re: amd64 trouble - how to initialize secondary video cards?

[Zoltan B. <zb...@fr...>]

Helge Hafting =EDrta:
> I tried booting a 64-bit ruby kernel today.
> Userspace is still debian i386 though.
>=20
> The second display failed, because the video adapter need
> bios initialization.  I got this in my dmesg:
>=20
> XFree86: vm86 mode not supported on 64 bit kernel
>=20
> So what to do?  Is it fixable by installing a X compiled
> for amd64?  Or do I need to find a video card that doesn't
> need any bios initialization?
>=20
> Helge Hafting

I have 64 bit FC3 on my machine, X simply works on both cards.
It might not use the vm86 mode but it initializes both Radeons
just fine.

Lately, I recompiled XOrg with Ben Herrenschmidt's Radeon fixes,
and there is a new driver option called "VGAAccess" and I switched
it off on one of the cards. It solved the only thing left that annoyed
me using multihead: logging off on :0 blanked :1. Changing resolution
brought it back, but now it's not needed.

Best regards,
Zolt=E1n B=F6sz=F6rm=E9nyi