Need help getting Xinerama working on Xorg 7.3 / Intel 945GM

[Doug Poland]

On Thu, October 11, 2007 04:39, Tom Evans wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-10-10 at 10:54 -0500, Doug Poland wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm unable to get Xinerama working on the following configuration:
>>
>> Computer: Compaq nx7400
>> OS:       FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE i386, SMP kernel
>> Video:    Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics
>> Controller
>> 915Res:   i915resolution_enable="YES"
>>           i915resolution_modes="3c 4d 5c"
>>           i915resolution_width="1680"
>>           i915resolution_height="1050"
>> Xorg ver: xorg-7.3_1
>> Xorg drv: Driver "vesa"
>> WindowMgr:windowmaker-0.92.0_3
>>
>
> I'd recommend using the i810 driver, which worked well with my i945,
> or preferably, xf86-video-intel-2.1 . To do this, update your ports
> and install x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel. Version 2.0 and above of
> the driver correctly supports modesetting, so you no longer require
> 915resolution to patch the graphics bios. Change Driver from 'vesa'
> to 'intel' in your xorg.conf.
>
> I've attached my xinerama dualhead config from my laptop, see if that
> helps.
>
Thank you very much, I'll give that a try.


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Regards,
Doug