Bug 168678

Summary: 6.8.2-1.FC3.45 X server refuses to start 2nd ati head in multi-head display
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Todd Allen <redhatbugzilla>
Component: xorg-x11Assignee: X/OpenGL Maintenance List <xgl-maint>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: David Lawrence <dkl>
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lspci -vv
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/var/log/Xorg.0.log with 6.8.2-1.FC3.13 (which works)
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/var/log/Xorg.0.log with 6.8.2-1.FC3.45 (which fails)
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/etc/X11/xorg.conf
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/var/log/Xorg.0.log with 6.8.2-1.FC3.45 with "nolinear" (fails)
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/var/log/Xorg.0.log with 6.8.2-1.FC3.45 with no "dri" (still fails)
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/var/log/Xorg.0.log with 6.8.2-1.FC3.45 with "nolinear" and no "dri" (still fails)
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/var/log/Xorg.0.log with 6.8.2-1.FC3.45.1 none

Description Todd Allen 2005-09-19 14:14:59 UTC 
Description of problem:
xorg-x11 refuses to use 2nd display in multi-head display.  The second display
uses the ati driver and is an "ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev 27)".  This is
a regression.  It worked fine with xorg-x11-6.8.2-1.FC3.13.  It stopped working
with xorg-x11-6.8.2-1.FC3.45.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
xorg-x11-6.8.2-1.FC3.45

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot system.
2.
3.
  
Actual results:
xdm will start X server, but will use only main head and not 2nd one.

Expected results:
X server should use both heads.

Additional info:
I will attach copies of some logs.
Comment 1 Todd Allen 2005-09-19 14:14:59 UTC 
Created attachment 118978 [details]
lspci -vv
Comment 2 Todd Allen 2005-09-19 14:16:14 UTC 
Created attachment 118979 [details]
/var/log/Xorg.0.log with 6.8.2-1.FC3.13 (which works)
Comment 3 Todd Allen 2005-09-19 14:17:18 UTC 
Created attachment 118980 [details]
/var/log/Xorg.0.log with 6.8.2-1.FC3.45 (which fails)
Comment 4 Todd Allen 2005-09-19 14:39:44 UTC 
Created attachment 118981 [details]
/etc/X11/xorg.conf
Comment 5 Todd Allen 2005-09-19 14:41:35 UTC 
Created attachment 118983 [details]
/var/log/Xorg.0.log with 6.8.2-1.FC3.45 with "nolinear" (fails)

I tried adding Option "nolinear" to the "Device" section for "ATI".  It still
failed, but in this new & different way.
Comment 6 Todd Allen 2005-09-19 14:42:43 UTC 
Created attachment 118984 [details]
/var/log/Xorg.0.log with 6.8.2-1.FC3.45 with no "dri" (still fails)

I noticed that this latest updated involved changes to DRI for the "ati"
driver, so I tried removing the Load "dri" line.  But it didn't help.  Here's
the output from that.
Comment 7 Todd Allen 2005-09-19 14:43:44 UTC 
Created attachment 118985 [details]
/var/log/Xorg.0.log with 6.8.2-1.FC3.45 with "nolinear" and no "dri" (still fails)

To round things out, I tried both Option "nolinear" and removing Load "dri". 
It still failed.
Comment 8 Mike A. Harris 2005-09-20 02:45:16 UTC 
This is probably a duplicate of bug #168752 but with different symptoms.
Since it is slightly different symptoms, we'll track it as a separate issue
for now until we gather more details.

Please test the rpm packages located at the following URL, and provide a
status update as to wether or not they change things for you or not.

    http://people.redhat.com/krh/xorg-x11/fc4

Setting status to "NEEDINFO_REPORTER", and awaiting results of testing.
Comment 9 Mike A. Harris 2005-09-20 02:45:57 UTC 
Oops, I gave you the FC4 test URL.  Here is the FC3 one:

    http://people.redhat.com/krh/xorg-x11/fc3
Comment 10 Todd Allen 2005-09-21 15:32:56 UTC 
Created attachment 119081 [details]
/var/log/Xorg.0.log with 6.8.2-1.FC3.45.1

With the new rpm's you mention, the X server is using the 2nd head just fine
again.	Also, from the official Fedora Core updates, I downloaded rpm's with
the same version number, but different checksums, and they work equally well.

I'm attaching the log of the successful startup with these new rpm's.