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Pat Riehecky <[log in to unmask]>
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Pat Riehecky <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:50:24 -0500
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On 03/12/2013 01:37 PM, Steven Haigh wrote:
> On 03/13/2013 05:29 AM, Pat Riehecky wrote:
>> On 03/12/2013 10:55 AM, Steven Haigh wrote:
>>> On 03/13/2013 02:53 AM, Pat Riehecky wrote:
>>>> On 03/12/2013 05:42 AM, Steven Haigh wrote:
>>>>> On 12/03/13 21:37, Dr Andrew C Aitchison wrote:
>>>>>> On Tue, 12 Mar 2013, Steven Haigh wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> With xsane on 6.4 Beta 2, I'm getting the following while trying to
>>>>>>> launch it:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> $ xsane
>>>>>>> Xlib:  extension "RANDR" missing on display ":0.0".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> RANDR is a standard extension; something unusual must be going on
>>>>>> here.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Unless
>>>>>>      xdpyinfo | grep RANDR
>>>>>> prints something you can rule sane out for that error.
>>>>>
>>>>> This may well be because I'm running the ATI fglrx binary driver. The
>>>>> card is an ATI HD6800 series card and it runs the fan flat out under
>>>>> the OSS drivers. As such, I don't really have a choice :)
>>>>>
>>>>> It also seems to handle the 3 x 24" screens at 1920x1080 better with
>>>>> the ATI binary driver...
>>>>
>>>> Out of curiosity, what is the version of the installed driver? Did you
>>>> get it from ATI or ELRepo?
>>>
>>> Hi Pat,
>>>
>>> amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13.1-linux-x86.x86_64.run
>>>
>>> Straight from the ATI web site.
>>>
>>
>> Yep, that is the latest....
>>
>> What does your /etc/X11/xorg.conf look like?
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
>     Identifier     "aticonfig Layout"
>     Screen      0  "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 3840 0
>     Screen         "amdcccle-Screen[3]-1" 1920 0
>     Screen         "amdcccle-Screen[3]-2" 0 0
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
> EndSection
>
> Section "ServerFlags"
>     Option        "Xinerama" "on"
> 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   "0-DFP5"
>     Option        "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
>     Option        "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
>     Option        "DPMS" "true"
>     Option        "PreferredMode" "1920x1080"
>     Option        "TargetRefresh" "60"
>     Option        "Position" "0 0"
>     Option        "Rotate" "normal"
>     Option        "Disable" "false"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
>     Identifier   "0-DFP11"
>     Option        "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
>     Option        "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
>     Option        "DPMS" "true"
>     Option        "PreferredMode" "1920x1080"
>     Option        "TargetRefresh" "60"
>     Option        "Position" "0 0"
>     Option        "Rotate" "normal"
>     Option        "Disable" "false"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
>     Identifier   "0-DFP10"
>     Option        "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
>     Option        "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
>     Option        "DPMS" "true"
>     Option        "PreferredMode" "1920x1080"
>     Option        "TargetRefresh" "60"
>     Option        "Position" "0 0"
>     Option        "Rotate" "normal"
>     Option        "Disable" "false"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>     Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
>     Driver      "fglrx"
>     Option        "Monitor-DFP5" "0-DFP5"
>     BusID       "PCI:3:0:0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>     Identifier  "amdcccle-Device[3]-1"
>     Driver      "fglrx"
>     Option        "Monitor-DFP11" "0-DFP11"
>     BusID       "PCI:3:0:0"
>     Screen      1
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>     Identifier  "amdcccle-Device[3]-2"
>     Driver      "fglrx"
>     Option        "Monitor-DFP10" "0-DFP10"
>     BusID       "PCI:3:0:0"
>     Screen      2
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>     Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
>     Device     "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
>     DefaultDepth     24
>     SubSection "Display"
>         Viewport   0 0
>         Depth     24
>     EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>     Identifier "amdcccle-Screen[3]-1"
>     Device     "amdcccle-Device[3]-1"
>     DefaultDepth     24
>     SubSection "Display"
>         Viewport   0 0
>         Depth     24
>     EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>     Identifier "amdcccle-Screen[3]-2"
>     Device     "amdcccle-Device[3]-2"
>     DefaultDepth     24
>     SubSection "Display"
>         Viewport   0 0
>         Depth     24
>     EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
>
>
>

I'm fairly sure you don't want "Xinerama" any more.

Any chance you can try it with the "Xinerama" section removed?

Pat

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Pat Riehecky

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