Re: XF86 config Problem - Redhat 9

[Alex Deucher <agd5f yahoo com>]

try this binary:
http://www.botchco.com/alex/radeon/430bugfix/radeon_drv.o

Alex

--- Barry Warsaw <barry python org> wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-05-20 at 10:40, Alex Deucher wrote:
> > Barry is your card a Dell OEM card or did you purchase it?
> 
> It was purchased after market.  It's a true blue (er, red :) ATI
> Radeon
> 7500 PCI card, i.e. built-by ATI not powered-by ATI if I understand
> the
> terminology correctly.
> 
> > I reason I
> > ask is that there were some dell specific fixes in the old xfree
> code
> > that went a way with the new DDC code that went into CVS.  perhaps
> some
> > of them are still needed.  if dualhead worked for you in 4.3.0 with
> the
> > excpetion of the screen turning off bug, then that may be the
> problem.
> 
> It did.  With the RH9 isos rpms, I definitely had Xinerama dual-head
> working, except that the secondary screen would blank when you moused
> over to it.  Maybe the fixes are necessary even for stock ATI cards?
> 
> > BTW, that bug is a one liner fix (one number actually).  you could
> > revert to the stock 4.3.0 (that worked) code/rpms and change the
> one
> > line to fix the bug.  I can probably even build you a fixed binary.
> 
> Alex, I'm your willing guinea pig.  If you could build me a fixed
> binary
> (of the X server?), I'd happily install it and let you know.  Feel
> free
> to contact me off list.  
> 
> Note that this is my home machine so I usually won't get to fiddle
> with
> it until off hours.
> 
> Thanks,
> -Barry
> 
> 
> 
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