dual head radeon -- again

[Mark]

On March 17, 2004 08:46 pm, "Mike A. Harris" <mharris at redhat.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Mar 2004, Mark wrote:
> >> >This is the 3d OS install in about 8 months on this machine and the 3d
> >> >struggle to get the dual head display working properly.  This is a
> >> > fedora x86_64 install with XFree86 rpm=4.3.0-55.
> >>
> >> I presume "3d" above means "third" and not really "3D" as in 3D
> >> graphics, because dualhead and 3D acceleration are incompatible
> >> with each other.
> >
> >Not with the newer DRI drivers. They added support for MergedFB to the
> > Radeon Driver. This is similar to way FireGl Drivers work.
>
> I believe you're talking about experimental development drivers
> from DRI-CVS or somewhere else, however I am talking about
> officially released XFree86.org drivers that come directly with
> XFree86, but more specifically I mean the Red Hat radeon driver,
> which has many additional bug fixes and support enhancments
> above what is in stock XFree86 4.3.0.
>
Sorry, thought that someone had been using it with the stock FC1 version of 
XFree86. It turns out he just fixed his dual head setup which adding options 
that were not supported. I did tell him that he may need to compile the new 
DRI stuff to do it. I was some what surprised when he emailed almost right 
back saying that MergedFB fixed his dual head display. I mistakenly assumed 
that it was stuff in the kernel portion of the driver when it is actually 
patched directly to the XFree86 Source.

BTW I just want to state that I didn't mean to imply that Mike Harris doesn't 
know what he's doing. I know that he is very accomplished and does an 
excellent job. Keep up the good work Mike.
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