Bug 89060

Summary: Dual head monitor problem with Radeon VE and Xinerama
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Chris Lalancette <crl4>
Component: XFree86Assignee: Mike A. Harris <mharris>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: David Lawrence <dkl>
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Description Chris Lalancette 2003-04-17 01:05:31 UTC
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Description of problem:
I was running a dual head X on RedHat 7.3 with an ATI Radeon VE card with no
problems.  I upgraded to RedHat 9, but I saved the XF86Config-4 file from my 7.3
installation.  Once I had 9 installed, I used the same XF86Config file (with
Xinerama enabled), and X starts up fine, but when I move my mouse from one of
the screens to the other, it shuts the first screen off.  I can fix it by
Ctrl-Alt-F1 and then Ctrl-Alt-F7, but that only lasts until I move the mouse
over.  This happens both with GNOME/Metacity, and with TWM (just by running
xinit and then starting TWM by hand).  Note that the window is still there, as I
can drag windows onto it, and do everything else; it's just that the monitor is
in sleep mode.  I have not yet had a chance to test with another video card, but
within the next few days I will try that.  I have attached my XF86Config file
for reference.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
XFree86-4.3.0-2

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Have a Radeon VE with Dual Monitors.
2.  Use the attached XF86Config.
3.  start a window manager, either with xinit and then TWM, or startx (starting
GNOME).
    

Actual Results:  Both monitors come up fine (which results in a single 2048x768
display), but moving the mouse off of the "left" screen (in my setup) causes the
"left" monitor to go blank.

Expected Results:  The "left" monitor should stay on, and continue to operate.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Chris Lalancette 2003-04-17 01:07:23 UTC
Created attachment 91163 [details]
XF86Config file that produces the bug.

This is the XF86Config file that I am currently using.

Comment 2 Mike A. Harris 2003-04-18 09:33:37 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 87854 ***

Comment 3 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-02-21 18:52:43 UTC
Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated.