[mythtv-users] Radeon 8500LE & DVI

[Peter Osterberg]

Hi Ben,

I haven't tried this myself but there is a special xorg configuration 
program shipped along if you download the latest drivers from ATI. At least 
when installing them on a Gentoo system I'm sure that is the case for any 
kind of install of the Radeon drivers. The config script provided from ATI 
has a option for mirroring the screen on either the VGA connection or 
TV-out. I'm not sure if different resolutions on the two devices are 
supported when you want to mirror the display, but that might not be an 
option that you need.

The setup script should be called fglrxconfig

Sincerely
Peter

At 19:38 2005-08-30, you wrote:

>So I've been searching the list and Google with no luck.  I've got my
>second myth frontend setup in my movie room with:
>
>ATI Radeon 8500LE
>VGA to a cheap Monitor
>DVI to a Panasonic Projector
>
>As it is now, when in Xwindows, I can only get it to display on the
>Monitor.  If I try to enable dual head using KDE's utility, everything
>goes black and I have to switch to text mode and restart X.  However, in
>text mode, the displays are mirrored fine.
>
>I'm assuming I just need to do some tweaking in my xorg.conf, but I'm not
>seeing anything in there about choosing outputs.  With the Nvidia I used
>some "Twin View" options, just not sure what to do here.  I can post my
>xorg.conf if it will help.
>
>Ideally, I'd like to be able to just use DVI at 940x520, then swap to
>Monitor only if needed.
>
>Thanks!
>Ben
>
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