Hi there:
Thanks for your reply. Please see below for my reply.
The reason for this post is that I am trying to figure out why my dual head
is not working. I have started another thread to describe the problems I
have encountered. But I would still like to know more about xorg.conf stuff.
>> i am running FC2 on a toshiba laptop that has a Trident CyberBlade Ai1.
>> the question is that, when i installed FC2, the Menu->System
>> Settings->Display shows that i have "Trident CyberBlade (generic)". i
>> then went into change it as "Trident CyberBlade Ai1" then log out. when
>> i log back in, the Display->video card still shows up as "Trident
>> CyberBlade (generic)" not Ai1.
>>
>> i then went to look at the xorg.conf. i have
>>
>> Section "Device"
>> Identifier "Videocard0"
>> Driver "trident"
>> VendorName "Videocard vendor"
>> BoardName "Trident CyberBlade/Ai1"
>>
>> what does this mean? does it mean i am using Ail already, just the
>> "Display" not updating, or i don't have the Ai1 driver, so it still uses
>> the generic option?
>
>It means that videocard0 is using the "trident" driver. VendorName and
>BoardName are little more than comments for you to describe your actual
>hardware and make sure that the you (or system-config-X11) configure the
>screen stuff correctly for this hardware. Does your first
>"ServerLayout" section reference the correct Screen section, which then
>references this device by name? If so, then you've correctly configured
>your videocard.
I am still pretty new to this, from what I can tell, I think its correct.
Below is what I have
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "single head configuration"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
.
.
.
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Toshiba TOS5082"
DisplaySize 240 180
HorizSync 31.0 - 48.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 70.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "trident"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "Trident CyberBlade (generic)"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
>
>I don't know, I haven't read the trident documentation, but are you sure
>that "CyberBlade(generic)" and "CyberBlase Ail" are different drivers or
>just different names for the same driver that differentiates between the
>two boards when the server starts up?
Could you tell me where I can find the documentation?
Many thanks
CHUN
