Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 18 Jan 2000 15:34:29 -0800 (PST) | From | Brion Vibber <> | Subject | Re: Enable a second gfx-card on Linux. HOW? |
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You might try XFree86 3.9.17 (development snapshot, it mostly works). This supports multi-head configurations and will softboot cards as necessary. I've got a working system with a Riva TNT AGP card and a Riva 128 PCI card.
-- brion vibber (brion@pobox.com)
On Sun, 16 Jan 2000, Robin Smidsrød wrote:
> I have recently installed a second gfx-card in my computer, and hooked up a > monitor to it. The gfx-card is a PCI-card. My primary card is an AGP-card, > and is initialized by the BIOS (Init display first: AGP). > > In Windows 98 everything works ok and I have a dual-screen setup. I know the > same kind of setup isn't quite possible with XFree, but I know I should at > least be able to start an X-server on the card. (Secondary display). > > As you can see from this output of lspci -v, the PCI-card is disabled. How > can I enable it, and what are the essentials of the XF86Config-file? > > I've attached my current XF86Config. The problem with it, is that the SVGA > driver tries to init the secondary display on the ATI-card (which is wrong, > it should pick the ET6000). > > Any help would be greatly appreciated! > > 00:0d.0 VGA compatible controller: Tseng Labs Inc ET6000 (rev 60) > Flags: slow devsel, IRQ 11 > Memory at e5000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] > I/O ports at ec00 [disabled] > > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 215GB [Mach64 GB] (rev 5c) > Subsystem: Unknown device 1002:0062 > Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 9 > Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) > I/O ports at d000 > Memory at e2000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) > Capabilities: <available only to root> > > > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Robin Smidsrød | Private: 33317202 | Web : http://www.smidsrod.no/ > Gauterødvn. 100 | Mobile : 91593393 | E-Mail : robin@smidsrod.no > N-3114 TØNSBERG | Fax : 33317201 | CellMail: robin.mob@smidsrod.no >
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