Xinerama with Mandriva 2006 (showstopper?)

[RVDowning]

Just installed Mandriva 2006 and like it, but I may have a show stopper here. I have a Matrox Milleanium G400 Max (dual head) video card and I don't seem to be able to use it in a dual screen (xinerama) mode.

 

An attempted installation of mga_drv.0 and mga_hal_drv.0 from Matrox just put up a message that "the drivers included in this installation package do not support the current version of your X-server" Seems the latest release they support is 6.8.2

 

is it possible to go back to X.org version 6.8.2, or do I have to pull the plug on this release and restore from my LE2005? If it is possible, how do I go about it? (Pretty much of a newbie.)

 

I would hate to do this, but I need the dual monitor capability.

[jaraeez]

Hi,

 

Have you thought about deleting the current drivers & manually copying the new drivers over. Also what does your xorg.conf look like & have you checked the

/var/log/Xorg.0.log

out for any errors. Finally have you checked the Matrox Forums out for any ideas...

 

HTH

 

EDIT: LOL ... just checked the Matrox forum & noticed that you have posted your problem there already..

[RVDowning]

Thanks for the response.

 

I'm using the exact same xorg.conf that I used with LE2005 which worked fine. I had saved it in my home directory and copied it back over

 

The log file shows that only one monitor is being seen. The log is too big to post here.

 

I did copy both of the drivers over from the Matrox install routine, when it wouldn't do it itself.

 

Trying to see now if I can get the Mondo/Mindi backup routine going. At least if I have to restore back to LE2005 I would then have a backup of 2006 and could restore back to this newer version if I can get any info regarding how to get my monitors working.

 

I haven't seen any posts yet from anyone using 2006 and a g400 using xinerama.

 

By the way, this was a clean install except for my home directory -- not an upgrade.

[jaraeez]

As a matter of interest what are the permissions on your xorg.conf? Heres mine for your reference

-rw-r--r--  1 root root 5524 Sep 30 23:43 /etc/X11/xorg.conf

[RVDowning]

Exactly the same as yours. xorg.conf is as listed below:

 

# File generated by XFdrake.

 

# **********************************************************************

# Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of

# this file.

# **********************************************************************

 

Section "Files"

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)

# By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of

# the X server to render fonts.

FontPath "unix/:-1"

EndSection

 

Section "ServerFlags"

#DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort)

AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse does not work

#DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)

EndSection

 

Section "Module"

Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension

Load "v4l" # Video for Linux

Load "extmod"

Load "type1"

Load "freetype"

Load "glx" # 3D layer

# Load "dri" # direct rendering

EndSection

 

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Keyboard1"

Driver "keyboard"

Option "XkbModel" "pc105"

Option "XkbLayout" "us"

Option "XkbOptions" "compose:rwin"

EndSection

 

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Mouse1"

Driver "mouse"

Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"

Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"

Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"

EndSection

 

Section "Monitor"

Identifier "monitor1"

VendorName "Plug'n Play"

ModelName "760/V/780 TFT"

HorizSync 30-81

VertRefresh 56-76

 

# Monitor preferred modeline (60.0 Hz vsync, 64.0 kHz hsync, ratio 5/4)

ModeLine "1280x1024" 108 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync

 

# TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.

# 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync

ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630

 

# 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync

ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616

EndSection

 

Section "Monitor"

Identifier "monitor2"

VendorName "Plug'n Play"

ModelName "760/V/780 TFT"

HorizSync 31.5-64.3

VertRefresh 56-76

 

# Monitor preferred modeline (60.0 Hz vsync, 64.0 kHz hsync, ratio 5/4)

ModeLine "1280x1024" 108 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync

 

# TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.

# 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync

ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630

 

# 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync

ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616

EndSection

 

 

Section "Device"

Identifier "device1"

VendorName "Matrox Graphics, Inc."

BoardName "Matrox Millennium G400 DualHead"

Driver "mga"

VideoRam 32768

# Option "DPMS"

Option "UseXFreeVga" "on"

Screen 0

BusID "PCI:1:0:0"

EndSection

 

Section "Device"

Identifier "device2"

VendorName "Matrox Graphics, Inc."

BoardName "Matrox Millennium G400 DualHead"

Driver "mga"

VideoRam 32768

# Option "DPMS"

Option "UseXFreeVga" "on"

Screen 1

BusID "PCI:1:0:0"

EndSection

 

Section "Screen"

Identifier "screen1"

Device "device1"

Monitor "monitor1"

DefaultColorDepth 16

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 8

Virtual 1280 1024

EndSubsection

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 15

Virtual 1280 1024

EndSubsection

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 16

Virtual 1280 1024

EndSubsection

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 24

Virtual 1280 1024

EndSubsection

EndSection

 

Section "Screen"

Identifier "screen2"

Device "device2"

Monitor "monitor2"

DefaultColorDepth 16

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 8

Virtual 1280 1024

EndSubsection

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 15

Virtual 1280 1024

EndSubsection

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 16

Virtual 1280 1024

EndSubsection

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 24

Virtual 1280 1024

EndSubsection

EndSection

 

Section "ServerLayout"

Identifier "Matrox Xinerama"

InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"

InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

Screen "screen1"

Screen "screen2" RightOf "screen1"

Option "Clone" "off"

Option "Xinerama" "True"

EndSection

[jaraeez]

Exactly the same as yours. xorg.conf is as listed below:

 

# File generated by XFdrake.

 

Section "Monitor"

    Identifier "monitor1"

    VendorName "Plug'n Play"

    ModelName "760/V/780 TFT"

    HorizSync 30-81

    VertRefresh 56-76

   

    Section "Monitor"

    Identifier "monitor2"

    VendorName "Plug'n Play"

    ModelName "760/V/780 TFT"

    HorizSync 31.5-64.3

    VertRefresh 56-76

   

    Section "Device"

    Identifier "device1"

    VendorName "Matrox Graphics, Inc."

    BoardName "Matrox Millennium G400 DualHead"

    Driver "mga"

    VideoRam 32768

#    Option "DPMS"

    Option "UseXFreeVga" "on"

    Screen 0

    BusID "PCI:1:0:0"

EndSection

 

Section "Device"

    Identifier "device2"

    VendorName "Matrox Graphics, Inc."

    BoardName "Matrox Millennium G400 DualHead"

    Driver "mga"

    VideoRam 32768

#    Option "DPMS"

    Option "UseXFreeVga" "on"

    Screen 1

    BusID "PCI:1:0:0"

EndSection

 

Section "ServerLayout"

    Identifier "Matrox Xinerama"

    InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"

    InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

    Screen "screen1"

    Screen "screen2" RightOf "screen1"

    Option "Clone" "off"

    Option "Xinerama" "True"

EndSection

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

Hi,

 

Two things I can suggest. First, have you tried "Generic" for the monitors. I found this to work where as if I tried to use the acutal TFT's model names it did not. Secondly I notice that you have the same "BusID" for both monitors, where as I have different ID's for all my monitors. I basically did what you did with regards to the drivers, started in "failsafe" mode then ran "XFdrake" then after setting up all the monitors saved & rebooted. Have you tried it with "Xinerama" disabled to see if you can get both monitors to initialise.

 

HTH

[RVDowning]

[Two things I can suggest. First, have you tried "Generic" for the monitors. I found this to work where as if I tried to use the acutal TFT's model names it did not. Secondly I notice that you have the same "BusID" for both monitors, where as I have different ID's for all my monitors. I basically did what you did with regards to the drivers, started in "failsafe" mode then ran "XFdrake" then after setting up all the monitors saved & rebooted. Have you tried it with "Xinerama" disabled to see if you can get both monitors to initialise.

 

Well, I should mention again, that this worked fine under both 10.1 and LE2005. In both of these other releases I had tried various monitor settings when trying to solve a different problem. Even with the various settings the xinerama aspect worked fine.

 

For this card one does use the same BusID.

 

I understand from another newsgroup that someone with an ATI card is having the same problem.

 

I'm going to post another thread to see if anyone has xinerama working on 2006, and if so, what they are using for video boards, drivers, etc.

 

Thanks.

[spinynorman]

I'm going to post another thread to see if anyone has xinerama working on 2006, and if so, what they are using for video boards, drivers, etc.

There's no need to start a new thread - members can read about it here. I'll remove the other thread to avoid confusion... :)