Dual-head with ATI AIW X800 (R420 JK)/7.1-STABLE/Xorg 7.4 working

[Robert Noland]

On Sat, 2009-03-07 at 17:18 -0800, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> > Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 19:35:42 -0500 (EST)
> > From: "Michael L. Squires" <mikes at siralan.org>
> > Sender: owner-freebsd-x11 at freebsd.org
> > 
> > I'm in the process of rebuilding my home desktop to use FreeBSD 7.1-STABLE 
> > and Xorg 7.4.  Hardware is a Supermicro P6DC6+/ATI AIW X800 with two HP 
> > P1110 monitors.
> > 
> > I modified the xorg.conf generated by "Xorg -configure" to allow for a 
> > 2560x1024 virtual screen with two 1280x1024 displays and used "xrandr" to 
> > set one monitor to the right of the other, which worked fine.
> > 
> > I'm using KDE4.2, with kdm started in /etc/ttys (thanks Robert) and with 
> > both dbus and hal running.
> > 
> > Version of Xorg 7.4 is the version available this morning (3/7/2009), 
> > which is identified as "xorg-server-1.5.3_6,1" in /var/db/pkg.
> > 
> > The only error I'm seeing is "Xlib: extension "Generic Event Extension" 
> > missing on display ":0.0"." but this seems to have no effects.
> > 
> > The same setup is working fine on my old notebook, a Toshiba 8100 which 
> > drives one of the two P1110's through a Belkin KVM switch.
> 
> First, I'd suggest using 'Option "Position" "1280 0"' in the Monitor
> section of the right monitor. (I'd also add "Position" "0 0" to the left
> monitor. It's just cleaner than xrandr since the monitor is correct from
> the start.
> 
> Second, the Generic Event Extension is new to xorg-server 1.6 which is
> still not out. Last I heard, about two weeks ago, it was expected to be
> released any day. Maybe Robert Noland knows something a bit more current
> about the status of 1.6. the error is totally cosmetic and can be
> ignored. 

1.6 is out... I'm just waiting on xrandr now... randrproto and libXrandr
are finally released...

robert.

-- 
Robert Noland <rnoland at FreeBSD.org>
FreeBSD
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