Radeon 8500 dual monitor config with YDL 3.0?

[Justin Ried]

Hi all-

I'm stumped trying to figure out how to get X using the second monitor
port on a Radeon 8500 (hooked up to a second display of course, which is
the same model as the primary display). The primary display is up and
working great.

The secondary display is enabled at boot (by Open Firmware/yaboot?) and
displays only the following:

... ok
copying OF device tree...done
starting cpu /cpus/PowerPC,G4...failed: 00000000
Initializing fake screen: ATY,R200i_A
Calling quiesce ...
returning 0x01400000 from prom_init

That's it though, it just sits there displaying that text until I power
off the computer. I'm not sure if I need to enable the second display
through the kernel (and what arguments to pass), or if it'll just work
with the right X config.

I'll paste my current X config below, in case I get lucky and some pixel
guru can make recommendations already =)

Thanks for any help!

Best, Justin




# XFree86 4 configuration created by redhat-config-xfree86

Section "ServerLayout"

	#
	Identifier     "Anaconda Configured"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# The location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally
# no need to change the default.
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
	RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
	FontPath     "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "dbe"
	Load  "extmod"
	Load  "fbdevhw"
	#Load  "dri"
	Load  "glx"
	Load  "record"
	Load  "freetype"
	Load  "type1"
	Load  "dri"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

#	Option	"AutoRepeat"	"500 5"
# when using XQUEUE, comment out the above line, and uncomment the
# following line
#	Option	"Protocol"	"Xqueue"
# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
#	Option	"Xleds"		"1 2 3"
# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
#	Option	"XkbDisable"
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
#	Option	"XkbModel"	"pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
#	Option	"XkbModel"	"microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
#	Option	"XkbLayout"	"de"
# or:
#	Option	"XkbLayout"	"de"
#	Option	"XkbVariant"	"nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
#	Option	"XkbOptions"	"ctrl:swapcaps"
	#Option	"XkbOptions"	""
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "keyboard"
	Option	    "XkbRules" "xfree86"
	Option	    "XkbModel" "macintosh"
	Option	    "XkbLayout" "fi"
	#Option	"XkbVariant"	""
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "NEC MultiSync LCD 1830"
	HorizSync    79.9 - 79.9
	VertRefresh  74.9 - 74.9
	Option	    "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"

        #BusID
	Identifier  "ATI Radeon 8500"
	Driver      "radeon"
	VendorName  "ATI Radeon 8500"
	BoardName   "ATI Radeon 8500"
	VideoRam    65536
	Option	    "UseFBDev" "true"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "ATI Radeon 8500"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     24
		Modes    "1280x1024"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Mode         0666
EndSection