Am 05. Nov, 2013 schwätzte Stephen so: moin moin, turns out xorg.conf can still be used. Created a file with a screens section and a virtual entry and both displays work. > That should be able to run dual digital displays. But it may require the > mad driver to do it. It should be a shared ramdac and gpu. So unless the > did something weird on port it should work with the right driver in play. mad driver? Is that the UPS guy from the show? :) It would be awesome if I could get both working via digital. I didn't retry that after getting virtual setup. Previous tries didn't work because bios and boot up wouldn't display if both were plugged in, so I was already having problems before X. I need to be able to see boot up because I currently intentionally require an interactive boot process. While the interacive could involve unplugging and replugging a cable, I'd rather not. I'll try a few things, though. ciao, der.hans > On Monday, November 4, 2013, der.hans wrote: > >> Am 04. Nov, 2013 schwätzte Mike Bushroe so: >> >> moin moin, >> >> because there is so much difference in how they implement VGA (limited >>> resolution, analog out, sync pulses, etc) and digital they many "dual >>> head" >>> display drivers have one of each to make sure that what ever type of >>> display you have, they can drive at least one. So I fear that you quest >>> for >>> 2 digital displays is likely to fail, or require new hardware, not just >>> new >>> software. >>> >> >> Ah, so one chip for digital that can feed one display and another chip for >> analog. Kinda what I was figuring. >> >> What are you using for video? X? You might need Xinerama to get full use >>> of >>> both screens. >>> >> >> I would prefer to use xrandr. Besides, Xinerama is so 2000's :). >> >> In either case, I still think it needs to be able to drive that much >> display. Not sure why the proprietary driver can and the Free Software >> driver can't. >> >> 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI >> RS780L [Radeon HD 3000] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) >> Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 7501 >> Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18 >> Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] >> I/O ports at c000 [size=256] >> Memory at fe8f0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] >> Memory at fe700000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M] >> Expansion ROM at [disabled] >> Capabilities: >> >> ciao, >> >> der.hans >> >> Mike >>> >>> >>> moin moin, >>>> >>>> It looks like I can get 2 out of 3 as long as the two aren't HDMI and DVI >>>> :(. With cables plugged into both ports I can't even see post. Remove one >>>> and suddenly lights are on. >>>> >>>> Using either HDMI or DVI with VGA works, though. >>>> >>>> Now I just need to figure out why wheezy demands on cloning the output. >>>> >>>> I'm hoping to find a solution that doesn't require installing the >>>> proprietary driver :). >>>> >>>> ciao, >>>> >>>> der.hans >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>> "Creativity is intelligence having fun." — Albert Einstein >>> >>> >> -- >> # http://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.LuftHans.com/Classes/ >> # "It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education." >> # -- Albert Einstein > > > > -- # http://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.LuftHans.com/Classes/ # Data restorals via Freedom of Information Act requests.