Re: [gentoo-amd64] FGLRX: Option SwapScreens in xorg.conf not working

[Volker Armin Hemmann]

On Samstag 27 Juni 2009, Sebastian Beßler wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a ATI Radeon HD3650 setup as DualHead (two seperate Screens :0.0
> and :0.1) with my main-monitor on vga and my TV on HDMI. This worked
> with the fglrx-driver and Option Swap-Screens on in the Drivers-Section
> in xorg.conf flawless until I tried the radeonhd-driver.
>
> For that I moved my xorg.conf to a save place and made a totaly new from
> scratch.
>
> Because of my failure to create a DualHead-Setup with radeonhd (all I
> get is a crappy BigScreen with windows maximising to both monitors) I
> switched back to fglrx.
>
> For that I copied the saved xorg.conf back and rebooted.
>
> But now the SwapScreens option in xorg.conf is ignored.
> The log shows (**) fglrx(0): Option "SwapScreens" "on" but the screens
> are wrong.
>
> Commenting out or setting it to off doesn't work either.
>
> The Option is needed as digital output is preferred over analog vga so
> that my TV is set as primary screen. As my monitor is connected to
> analog vga (with an adapter as the card only has 2 DVI) that is totaly
> unacceptable.
>
> I tried every version of the fglrx-driver (inclusive 9.6 today) that is
> in portage.
>
> I tried using aticonfig --initial --swap-screens=on so that
> /etc/ati/amdpcsdb gets updated, but without any luck.
>
> Now I am out of ideas.
>
> If anybody has a working DualHead with to seperated screens (:0.0 and
>
> :0.1) with radeonhd (the normal radeon doesn't work as it can't use
>
> HDMI) equal if statically in xorg.conf or dynamically with xrandr that
> would be cool too.
>
> I take every solution as long as I don't need to buy a new monitor and
> have to seperated screens.
>
> Greetings
>
> Sebastian Beßler
>
> ***************************************************************************
>* My xorg.conf:
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
> 	Identifier     "aticonfig Layout"
> 	Screen      0  "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0
> 	Screen         "aticonfig-Screen[0]-1" RightOf "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Files"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
> EndSection
>
> Section "ServerFlags"
> 	Option	    "DontZap" "off"
> 	Option	    "Xinerama" "off"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> 	Identifier   "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
> 	Option	    "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
> 	Option	    "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
> 	Option	    "DPMS" "true"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> 	Identifier   "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-1"
> 	Option	    "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
> 	Option	    "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
> 	Option	    "DPMS" "true"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> 	Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
> 	Driver      "fglrx"
> 	Option	    "SwapScreens" "on"
> 	BusID       "PCI:2:0:0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> 	Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]-1"
> 	Driver      "fglrx"
> 	BusID       "PCI:2:0:0"
> 	Screen      1
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> 	Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
> 	Device     "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
> 	Monitor    "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
> 	DefaultDepth     24
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Viewport   0 0
> 		Depth     24
> 		Modes    "1440x900" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> 	EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> 	Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-1"
> 	Device     "aticonfig-Device[0]-1"
> 	Monitor    "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-1"
> 	DefaultDepth     24
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Viewport   0 0
> 		Depth     24
> 		Modes    "1280x720"
> 	EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "DRI"
> 	Group        "video"
> 	Mode         0666
> EndSection
>
> ***************************************************************************
>****

and you have tried the amdcccle tool?