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