From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3FB1198005 for ; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:47:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A957DE05F9; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:47:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx1.hadt.biz (sil.hadt.biz [5.9.16.100]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 37401E05C1 for ; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:47:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.255.100] (p5DCC7791.dip.t-dialin.net [93.204.119.145]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.hadt.biz (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7E0334004D for ; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:47:43 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <513DA83D.10008@hadt.biz> Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:47:41 +0100 From: Michael Hampicke User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130307 Thunderbird/17.0.4 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] A question concerning graphics... References: <513C4A32.2040402@comcast.net> <513C7C83.7040903@hadt.biz> <513D0EFB.2040108@hadt.biz> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: f84ba45a-e295-4e64-aab7-aa9dfc9d09c5 X-Archives-Hash: b25e8901edbc65885f3ec83c0771255b Am 11.03.2013 00:07, schrieb Alecks Gates: > On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 5:53 PM, Michael Hampicke wrote: >> Am 10.03.2013 21:48, schrieb Alecks Gates: >>> On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 7:28 AM, Michael Hampicke wrote: >>> [...] >>>> I use the ati-drivers package, and I'd say there are pretty solid now. I >>>> first started using ati-drivers with my HD2600 card card - as the kernel >>>> drivers did not support the power saving mechanisms of the card. No >>>> power saving on the HD2600 meant just when idling: 60 degree C and a >>>> power usage of over 30 watts more then when using the kernel driver. Not >>>> to mention the noise of the fan. When I bought my new HD 7770 card last >>>> year, it was not supported by the kernel, so I sticked with the >>>> ati-drivers. Everythings works as it's supposed to. Dual screen setup >>>> with different solutions, power saving when idling, 3D power when you >>>> need it (steam games), opencl works fine too. >>>> >>> >>> I just bought a 7770 myself, and have been interested in getting a >>> dual monitor setup with ati-drivers. What steps do I have to take? >>> >> >> Just fire up the AMD catalyst control center, configure to your liking, >> that's it pretty much. I do run gnome 3.6 - but configuring dual >> monitors only with gnome (via system settings) was not possible. >> > > I noticed the same about Gnome. I did try it in AMD Catalyst but was > unsuccessful. Do I need xinerama support? > I don't have xinerama enabled on any of my packages. Here is the xorg.conf which AMD CC generated, maybe it helps: Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "aticonfig Layout" Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0 EndSection Section "Module" EndSection Section "InputClass" Identifier "evdev keyboard catchall" Driver "evdev" MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*" MatchIsKeyboard "yes" Option "XkbLayout" "de" 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-DFP9" 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-CRT1" Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver" Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor" Option "DPMS" "true" Option "PreferredMode" "1280x1024" Option "TargetRefresh" "60" Option "Position" "1920 0" Option "Rotate" "normal" Option "Disable" "false" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]-0" Driver "fglrx" Option "Monitor-DFP9" "0-DFP9" Option "Monitor-CRT1" "0-CRT1" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "amdcccle-Device[1]-1" Driver "fglrx" Option "Monitor-CRT1" "0-CRT1" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" Screen 1 EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" Device "aticonfig-Device[0]-0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Virtual 3200 3200 Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "amdcccle-Screen[1]-1" Device "amdcccle-Device[1]-1" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection