Bug 9000

Summary:	Nothing is doen with second CGSIX framebuffer
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Hans de Goede <hdegoede>
Component:	installer	Assignee:	Michael Fulbright <msf>
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Version:	6.2
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Hardware:	sparc
OS:	Linux
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Description Hans de Goede 2000-01-30 22:12:17 UTC

My sparc ipx has two CGSIX framebuffers.

The installer nor kuzdu do nothing with it.

To use it I need to create a:
/etc/x11/xinit/xserverrc

containing:
#!/bin/sh

exec X -dev /dev/fb0:/dev/fb1 "$@"

and add the -dev /dev/fb0:/dev/fb1 to the X server entry in
/etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2000-01-31 05:02:59 UTC

What does /etc/sysconfig/hwconf look like?

In general, second graphics cards aren't configured, because trying
to do so would lead to utter chaos on Intel.

Comment 2 Hans de Goede 2000-02-01 09:26:59 UTC

It does see both of them:
-
class: VIDEO
bus: SBUS
detached: 0
driver: Server:Sun
desc: "Sun|Single width GX"
width: 1152
height: 900
freq: 76
monitor: 4
-
class: VIDEO
bus: SBUS
detached: 0
driver: Server:Sun
desc: "Sun|Single width GX"
width: 1152
height: 900
freq: 76
monitor: 4
-

And configuring both is quite easy and safe on a sparc (atleast on an older
sparc with framebuffer cards, dunno about the newer sparcs with pci cards)

Al aleady said al that's needed to configure both cards on my sun is adding:
-dev /dev/fb0:/dev/fb1 to all places where x is started (xserverrc, gdm.conf,
xdm.conf, or make xdm / gdm honor xserverrc)

Comment 3 Erik Troan 2000-02-18 19:51:59 UTC

We only support a single video card.