Multiple card setup possible?

[Robert Noland]

On Mon, 2009-11-02 at 16:24 -0500, Paul Boehmer wrote:
> I am getting ready to build a new workstation and was curious to see if 
> anyone has any idea on when multiple cards will be supported (if at all). 
> I have a ATI 9450 and a dual head ATI 9250 card, but have not been able to 
> get them to work together, though they work individually.
> 
> My current workstation is still on an older version of Xorg that is 
> currently using a Nvidia card and two Matrox cards to power three heads. 
> It would be nice if I could retain this setup, but with newer cards 
> listed above.
> 
> When both cards are installed, I get the following error in Xorg.0.log:
> 
> ------- Snip ---------
> (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
> (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
> (WW) Warning, couldn't open module fbdevhw
> (II) UnloadModule: "fbdevhw"
> (EE) Failed to load module "fbdevhw" (module does not exist, 0)
> (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev
> ----------------------
> 
> full log @ http://www.pboehmer.com/Xorg.0.log
> 
> >From what I understand (could be way off), the problem is related to the 
> VGA arbiter in libpciaccess.  This is a little over my head, but I would 
> be more than welcome to try any patches or any other suggestions.

There are a handful of components for this to work.  This has recently
been added for linux, so some multiple card setups are rumored to work
now.  I haven't looked at exactly what it is going to take to get it
working on FreeBSD though.  If someone wants to take this on, that would
be great.

robert.

> Thanks.
> 
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