Re: [PLUG] xinerama and ati driver

[Jeff Abrahamson <jeff@purple.com>]

On Mon, Jun 11, 2007 at 07:00:17PM -0400, Jeff Abrahamson wrote:
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> I have two nifty new Dell 2407 flat panel displays (1920x1200) and
> an ATI card that is really just a heat sink with graphics
> capabilities.  (It can resize xterms, so it's fast enough. ;-) I
> think I want xinerama.  I'm running debian testing.
> 
> I configure X (xorg.conf attached).  At this point on starting X I
> get correct resolution on one display, the other display immediately
> goes into power saver mode, and gnome-panel and such runs but does
> not display.  (On the screen that is running, I get a dialog from
> gnome-panel saying a gnome-panel is already running and it will
> quit: all true.)

In the end I just had to switch to the proprietary ati driver.  Ran
aticonfig and all is fine.  I just wish I didn't have to run the
proprietary, binary-only driver.

Thanks all for your help.

-- 
 Jeff

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