From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michel =?ISO-8859-1?Q?D=E4nzer?= Subject: Re: Re: Status of radeonfb in 2.5? Date: 18 Oct 2002 21:28:40 +0200 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <1034969321.1126.2251.camel@tibook> References: <3DACA222.5030409@netscape.net> <20021016223613.17897@192.168.4.1> <3DADD22F.9030508@netscape.net> <1034808341.1229.282.camel@tibook> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from netline-be1.netline.ch ([195.141.226.32]) by usw-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 182cne-0002gH-00 for ; Fri, 18 Oct 2002 12:28:46 -0700 In-Reply-To: Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" To: nwourms@netscape.net Cc: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net On Fre, 2002-10-18 at 19:21, Nicholas Wourms wrote: > Michel D=E4nzer wrote: >=20 > > On Mit, 2002-10-16 at 22:55, Nicholas Wourms wrote: > >>=20 > >> A) Is it (or will it ever be) possible to run dual head > >> using two different cards (like radeon & riva-tnt2)? I know > >> there is still much work to be done, but I was curious if > >> this was even remotely possible. > >=20 > > I think it should theoretically work, but as always the only way to tel= l > > is to try it. :) >=20 > Well there isn't much on multiheading in the documentation, so I was hopi= ng=20 > for some hints or key insights into how to set this up. Something like video=3Dradeonfb video=3Driva ? > >> B) Does anyone have a painless, yet precise way of > >> generating modelines for fb.modes if you are using > >> XFree-4.2? I only ask because the XFree modelines are all > >> determined by i2c DDC probing, thus there are none in the > >> XF86Config file. > >=20 > > If the X driver supports Option "UseFBDev", you should be able to use > > fbset with that. > >=20 >=20 > Huh? The problem is that fbset will not work because I need to populate=20 > fb.modes with proper mode lines. So at the moment fbset won't work at al= l. =20 I was thinking of running X with Option "UseFBDev" and getting information about the modes with fbset. --=20 Earthling Michel D=E4nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf