For all of those Radeon VE users out there with two displays trying desparately to
get away from Windows and use the video card to its full potential under Linux/X11,
you'll need version XFree86 version 4.2.0 (released January 2002) along with an
XF86Config file, such as the one I use on my Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 based dual
PIII/933MHz "daily driver", Pyrite:
Section "Module" # This loads the DBE extension module. Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension # This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables # initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module. SubSection "extmod" Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension EndSubSection # This loads the Type1 and FreeType font modules Load "type1" Load "freetype" # This loads the GLX module # Load "glx" 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. RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" # FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" # The module search path. The default path is shown here. # ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" Option "Xinerama" "on" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard1" Driver "Keyboard" Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30" # Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1)) # Option "Xleds" "1 2 3" # Option "LeftAlt" "Meta" # Option "RightAlt" "ModeShift" # If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and # control keys, use: # Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps" Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" Option "XkbModel" "pc104" Option "XkbLayout" "us" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "ps/2" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Mag 986FS" HorizSync 31.5 - 79.0 VertRefresh 40-150 EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "K9054" HorizSync 31.5 - 95.0 VertRefresh 50-160 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "RadeonVE" VendorName "ATI" BoardName "Unknown" Driver "ati" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" Screen 0 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "RadeonVE2" VendorName "ATI" BoardName "Unknown" Driver "ati" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" Screen 1 EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen 1" Device "RadeonVE" Monitor "Mag 986FS" DefaultDepth 16 Subsection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1280x1024" "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" ViewPort 0 0 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1280x1024" "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" ViewPort 0 0 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x1024" "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" ViewPort 0 0 EndSubsection EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen 0" Device "RadeonVE2" Monitor "K9054" DefaultDepth 16 Subsection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1280x1024" "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" ViewPort 0 0 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1280x1024" "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" ViewPort 0 0 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x1024" "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" ViewPort 0 0 EndSubsection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Dual Monitor Layout" Screen 0 "Screen 0" 0 0 Screen 1 "Screen 1" Rightof "Screen 0" InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection