[gentoo-desktop] ati-driver 8.16.20 and kernel 2.6.12

[Benjamin Grauer]

Hi there

i have newly installed my gentoo, and now X does not start anymore.
i have not changed anything in xorg.conf.

The problem is, that my machine gets stuck, and i can't neither kill nor 
switch back from X, the screens are just blank

i read on the absolutely lousy ati-page, that the new driver 8.16.20 now 
finally supports kernel2.6.12,
but the package is not in portage...

can anyone help, or do i just have to wait again, until things have 
settled down a bit ??

greetings, and thanks for any help
    Benjamin

PS: fglrxconfig does not produce anything usefull, it stops in the 
middle of writing the file.. :(


i use MultiHead-mode: here's the config:

# **********************************************************************
# Monitor section
# **********************************************************************

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "My Monitor 0"
HorizSync 31.5 - 68.7
VertRefresh 60-100
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "My Monitor 1"
HorizSync 31.5 - 48.4
VertRefresh 60-85
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************

Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Graphics Adapter"
Driver "fglrx"
# ### generic DRI settings ###
# === disable PnP Monitor ===
#Option "NoDDC"
# === disable/enable XAA/DRI ===
Option "no_accel" "no"
Option "no_dri" "no"
# === misc DRI settings ===
Option "mtrr" "off" # disable DRI mtrr mapper, driver has its own code 
for mtrr
# ### FireGL DDX driver module specific settings ###
# === Screen Management ===
Option "DesktopSetup" "0x00000000"
Option "MonitorLayout" "TMDS, auto"
#"TMDS, CRT"
Option "IgnoreEDID" "off"
Option "HSync2" "31.5 - 48.4"
Option "VRefresh2" "60 - 85"
Option "ScreenOverlap" "0"
# === TV-out Management ===
Option "NoTV" "yes"
Option "TVStandard" "PAL-G"
Option "TVHSizeAdj" "0"
Option "TVVSizeAdj" "0"
Option "TVHPosAdj" "0"
Option "TVVPosAdj" "0"
Option "TVHStartAdj" "0"
Option "TVColorAdj" "0"
Option "GammaCorrectionI" "0x00000000"
Option "GammaCorrectionII" "0x00000000"
# === OpenGL specific profiles/settings ===
Option "Capabilities" "0x00000000"
# === Video Overlay for the Xv extension ===
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
# === OpenGL Overlay ===
# Note: When OpenGL Overlay is enabled, Video Overlay
# will be disabled automatically
Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
# === Center Mode (Laptops only) ===
Option "CenterMode" "off"
# === Pseudo Color Visuals (8-bit visuals) ===
Option "PseudoColorVisuals" "off"
# === QBS Management ===
Option "Stereo" "off"
Option "StereoSyncEnable" "1"
# === FSAA Management ===
Option "FSAAEnable" "no"
Option "FSAAScale" "1"
Option "FSAADisableGamma" "no"
Option "FSAACustomizeMSPos" "no"
Option "FSAAMSPosX0" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY0" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosX1" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY1" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosX2" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY2" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosX3" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY3" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosX4" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY4" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosX5" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY5" "0.000000"
# === Misc Options ===
Option "UseFastTLS" "0"
Option "BlockSignalsOnLock" "on"
Option "UseInternalAGPGART" "yes"
Option "ForceGenericCPU" "no"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0" # vendor=1002, device=496e
Screen 0
EndSection


Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Graphics Adapter connector 1"
Driver "fglrx"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0" # vendor=1002, device=496e
Screen 1
EndSection

# ************************************************************
# Screen sections
# ************************************************************

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 0"
Device "ATI Graphics Adapter"
Monitor "My Monitor 0"
DefaultDepth 24
#Option "backingstore"

Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1920x1200" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0 # initial origin if mode is smaller than desktop
# Virtual 1280 1024
EndSubsection
EndSection


Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "ATI Graphics Adapter connector 1"
Monitor "My Monitor 1"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "backingstore"

Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024"
ViewPort 0 0 # initial origin if mode is smaller than desktop
# Virtual 1280 1024
EndSubsection
EndSection

# ************************************************************
# ServerLayout sections.
# ************************************************************

Section "ServerLayout"

Identifier "Server Layout"
Screen "Screen 0"
Screen "Screen 1" LeftOf "Screen 0"
#InputDevice "MX1000" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

EndSection

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