Re: xserver-xorg: - Matrox G550 Dualhead woes!

From: TreeBoy (debian-user_at_petethetree.co.uk)
Date: 08/22/05

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    On Sunday 21 Aug 2005 20:04, Adrian von Bidder wrote:
    > Yo!
    >
    > Environment: Matrox G550 on xorg from unstable on a (mostly) sarge
    > installation. 2 analog screens. Xinerama is used, bare xorg - no mga_hal
    > etc.; kernel linux-image-2.6.12 or kernel-image-2.6.8 doesn't matter;
    > 686-smp in both cases. DRM loads fine.
    >
    > Symptom: booting, one display is text console. When X is started, it
    > starts fine on that display, but there's no signal on the other display -
    > thus it won't even come out of power save mode.
    >
    > Starting X once with a single head xorg.conf solves the problem: The
    > 'single head' X delivers identical signal to both outputs of the graphics
    > card (even to the point where killing X or switcing back to text mode shows
    > the text mode on both screens). Changing xorg.conf back to the
    > dualhead/xinerama one, it starts fine on both displays.
    >
    > [ please cc: me on replies ]
    >
    > Detailed information:
    >
    > xorg.conf (excerpts):
    >
    > =======
    > Section "ServerFlags"
    > Option "Xinerama" "on"
    > EndSection
    >
    > Section "Device"
    > Identifier "Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G550 AGP, Screen 0"
    > Driver "mga"
    > BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
    > Screen 0
    > EndSection
    >
    > Section "Device"
    > Identifier "Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G550 AGP, Screen 1"
    > Driver "mga"
    > BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
    > Screen 1
    > EndSection
    >
    > Section "Screen"
    > Identifier "Screen 0"
    > Device "Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G550 AGP, Screen 0"
    > Monitor "Hitachi CM772"
    > ...
    > EndSection
    >
    > Section "Screen"
    > Identifier "Screen 1"
    > Device "Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G550 AGP, Screen 1"
    > Monitor "BenQ 7638"
    > ...
    > EndSection
    >
    > Section "ServerLayout"
    > Identifier "Default Layout"
    > Screen "Screen 0" 0 0
    > Screen "Screen 1" RightOf "Screen 0"
    > InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
    > InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
    > EndSection
    >
    > [Monitor sections are quite standard, but I'm specifying HorizSync and
    > VertRefresh manually, as X seems to confuse the values if I try letting it
    > detect them automatically.]
    > =======
    >
    > And starting X quickly with the one below is a workaround, as described
    > above.
    >
    > =======
    > Section "Device"
    > Identifier "Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G550 AGP, Screen 1"
    > Driver "mga"
    > EndSection
    >
    > Section "ServerLayout"
    > Identifier "Default Layout"
    > Screen "Screen 0"
    > InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
    > InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
    > EndSection
    >
    > [Screen & Monitor as above]
    > =======
    >
    > Anybody had similar experiences, or has a G550 and does something slightly
    > different?
    >
    > thanks in advance.
    > -- vbi

    I believe your problem to lie around the fact that both BusIDs are the same.

    If you lspci, you should see the second one has a different last digit: e.g.
    PCI:1:0:1

    Cheers,

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