[CentOS] CentOS 5 + XGL + fglrx (ati) + dualhead

maze at cela.pl

maze at cela.pl
Sun Jul 1 02:15:24 UTC 2007


I'm actually curious about how you got the XGL part installed (I've been 
trying to get CentOS 5 + fglrx + XGL + beryl + dualhead as well).
I got everything but XGL and beryl working.

As for the dualhead part.
You want to not use XINERAMA or TwinView (nvidia specific) but instead use 
Pairmodes (ati specific).
It basically amounts to having only 1 device and screen section (ie. 
you configure everything for one single screen) and then you add to the 
main Device section

Option "Mode2" "1920x1200,1600x1200"  (second monitor modes)
Option "PairModes" "1440x900+1920x1200,1440x900+1600x1200"

Once X is booted you can use xrandr (command line) to switch between 
various display modes (and aticonfig --lsp, aticonfig --set-powerstate=X, 
aticonfig --query-monitor also come in handy).

Here's my /etc/X11/xorg.conf (this is for an ATI fglrx driven 1440x900 
LCD with occasional external monitor/LCD/projector):

Section "ServerLayout"
         Identifier     "Layout"
         Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
         InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
         Option      "Clone" "off"
         Option      "Xinerama" "off"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Module"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
         Option      "AIGLX" "false"
         Option      "Xinerama" "false"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
         Identifier  "Keyboard0"
         Driver      "kbd"
         Option      "XkbModel" "pc105"
         Option      "XkbLayout" "pl"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
         Identifier   "Monitor0"
         Option      "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
         Option      "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
         Option      "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
         Identifier  "Device0"
         Driver      "fglrx"
         Option      "DesktopSetup" "horizontal"
         Option      "Mode2" "1920x1200,1600x1200,1440x900,1152x864,1024x768,800x600,640x480"
         Option      "PairModes" "1440x900+1920x1200,1440x900+1600x1200,1440x900+1440x900,1440x900+1152x864,1440x900+1024x768,1440x900+800x600,1440x900+640x480"
         Option      "EnableMonitor" "lvds"

         Option      "MonitorLayout" "lvds,auto"
         Option      "Centermode" "on"
         Option      "DRI" "true"
         Option      "VideoOverlay" "on"
         Option      "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
         Option      "EnablePrivateBackZ" "yes"
         BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
         Identifier "Screen0"
         Device     "Device0"
         Monitor    "Monitor0"
         DefaultDepth     24
         SubSection "Display"
                 Viewport   0 0
                 Virtual   1920 1200
                 Depth     24
                 Modes    "1440x900" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"
         EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
         Group        0
         Mode         0666
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
         Option      "Composite" "false"
EndSection



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so any help on XGL and beryl?

Thanks,
Maciej



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