Need Help With Monitor Setup


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I have an Envision Flat panel monitor and Suse 10.1 but envision monitors are not supported so I have to use Vesa profile....I installed the ati driver for my x850 xt card adn when I open the Ati control thing up it says it is configured for clone mode (one primary monitor and one clone of it) Even though i only need a single primary....I try to change it single but it changes back to clone mode...Then I went into the xorg.conf file and deleted the monitor profile that said vesa and the screen profile and just left the profiles that had ati propriety driver in the description. here is a copy of the original xorg.conf file after installing the ati driver

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# /.../

# SaX generated X11 config file

# Created on: 2006-10-21T15:24:31-0700.

#

# Version: 7.1

# Contact: Marcus Schaefer <sax@suse.de>, 2005

# Contact: SaX-User list <https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/sax-users>

#

# Automatically generated by [iSaX] (7.1)

# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!

#

Section "ServerLayout"

Identifier "Layout[all]"

Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0

InputDevice "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"

InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"

Option "Clone" "off"

Option "Xinerama" "off"

EndSection

Section "Files"

InputDevices "/dev/gpmdata"

InputDevices "/dev/input/mice"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/URW"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/Type1"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/japanese:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/kwintv"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/uni:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/Type1"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/xtest"

FontPath "/opt/kde3/share/fonts"

EndSection

Section "Module"

Load "dbe"

Load "type1"

Load "freetype"

Load "extmod"

Load "glx"

Load "v4l"

Load "dri"

EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"

Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "on"

EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Keyboard[0]"

Driver "kbd"

Option "Protocol" "Standard"

Option "XkbLayout" "us"

Option "XkbModel" "pc104"

Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"

EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Mouse[1]"

Driver "mouse"

Option "Buttons" "11"

Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"

Option "Name" "Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse?? 1.00"

Option "Protocol" "explorerps/2"

Option "Vendor" "Sysp"

Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

EndSection

Section "Modes"

Identifier "Modes[0]"

ModeLine "1280x960" 97.7 1280 1352 1488 1696 960 961 964 993

ModeLine "1280x800" 80.6 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801 804 827

ModeLine "1152x864" 78.8 1152 1216 1336 1520 864 865 868 894

ModeLine "1280x768" 77.4 1280 1344 1480 1680 768 769 772 794

ModeLine "1024x768" 61.9 1024 1080 1184 1344 768 769 772 794

ModeLine "1280x600" 58.8 1280 1328 1456 1632 600 601 604 621

ModeLine "1024x600" 47.3 1024 1064 1168 1312 600 601 604 621

ModeLine "800x600" 36.9 800 832 912 1024 600 601 604 621

ModeLine "768x576" 33.7 768 792 872 976 576 577 580 596

ModeLine "640x480" 23.1 640 656 720 800 480 481 484 497

ModeLine "1280x1024" 108.0 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066

EndSection

Section "Monitor"

Identifier "Monitor[0]"

VendorName "--> VESA"

ModelName "1280X1024@60HZ"

UseModes "Modes[0]"

DisplaySize 345 259

HorizSync 28.0 - 64.0

VertRefresh 50.0 - 60.0

Option "DPMS"

EndSection

Section "Monitor"

Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"

Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"

Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"

Option "DPMS" "true"

EndSection

Section "Device"

Identifier "Device[0]"

Driver "radeon"

VendorName "ATI"

BoardName "Radeon X850 XT (R480) (PCIE)"

BusID "1:0:0"

EndSection

Section "Device"

Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]"

Driver "fglrx"

EndSection

Section "Screen"

Identifier "Screen[0]"

Device "Device[0]"

Monitor "Monitor[0]"

DefaultDepth 24

SubSection "Display"

Depth 15

Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480"

EndSubSection

SubSection "Display"

Depth 16

Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480"

EndSubSection

SubSection "Display"

Depth 24

Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480"

EndSubSection

SubSection "Display"

Depth 32

Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480"

EndSubSection

SubSection "Display"

Depth 8

Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480"

EndSubSection

EndSection

Section "Screen"

Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]"

Device "aticonfig-Device[0]"

Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"

DefaultDepth 24

SubSection "Display"

Viewport 0 0

Depth 24

EndSubSection

EndSection

Section "DRI"

Group "video"

Mode 0660

EndSection

And here is what i changed it to

  Quote

# /.../

# SaX generated X11 config file

# Created on: 2006-10-21T15:24:31-0700.

#

# Version: 7.1

# Contact: Marcus Schaefer <sax@suse.de>, 2005

# Contact: SaX-User list <https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/sax-users>

#

# Automatically generated by [iSaX] (7.1)

# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!

#

Section "ServerLayout"

Identifier "Layout[all]"

Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0

InputDevice "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"

InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"

Option "Clone" "off"

Option "Xinerama" "off"

EndSection

Section "Files"

InputDevices "/dev/gpmdata"

InputDevices "/dev/input/mice"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/URW"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/Type1"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/japanese:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/kwintv"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/uni:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/Type1"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/xtest"

FontPath "/opt/kde3/share/fonts"

EndSection

Section "Module"

Load "dbe"

Load "type1"

Load "freetype"

Load "extmod"

Load "glx"

Load "v4l"

Load "dri"

EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"

Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "on"

EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Keyboard[0]"

Driver "kbd"

Option "Protocol" "Standard"

Option "XkbLayout" "us"

Option "XkbModel" "pc104"

Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"

EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Mouse[1]"

Driver "mouse"

Option "Buttons" "11"

Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"

Option "Name" "Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse?? 1.00"

Option "Protocol" "explorerps/2"

Option "Vendor" "Sysp"

Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

EndSection

Section "Modes"

Identifier "Modes[0]"

ModeLine "1280x960" 97.7 1280 1352 1488 1696 960 961 964 993

ModeLine "1280x800" 80.6 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801 804 827

ModeLine "1152x864" 78.8 1152 1216 1336 1520 864 865 868 894

ModeLine "1280x768" 77.4 1280 1344 1480 1680 768 769 772 794

ModeLine "1024x768" 61.9 1024 1080 1184 1344 768 769 772 794

ModeLine "1280x600" 58.8 1280 1328 1456 1632 600 601 604 621

ModeLine "1024x600" 47.3 1024 1064 1168 1312 600 601 604 621

ModeLine "800x600" 36.9 800 832 912 1024 600 601 604 621

ModeLine "768x576" 33.7 768 792 872 976 576 577 580 596

ModeLine "640x480" 23.1 640 656 720 800 480 481 484 497

ModeLine "1280x1024" 108.0 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066

EndSection

Section "Monitor"

Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"

Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"

Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"

Option "DPMS" "true"

EndSection

Section "Device"

Identifier "Device[0]"

Driver "radeon"

VendorName "ATI"

BoardName "Radeon X850 XT (R480) (PCIE)"

BusID "1:0:0"

EndSection

Section "Device"

Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]"

Driver "fglrx"

EndSection

Section "Screen"

Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]"

Device "aticonfig-Device[0]"

Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"

DefaultDepth 24

SubSection "Display"

Viewport 0 0

Depth 24

Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768"

EndSubSection

EndSection

Section "DRI"

Group "video"

Mode 0660

EndSection

what should I use to get the best looking picture on my screen?

i have an envision EN7410e Link To Monitor

I just want to figure out how to get the Ati thing to go single mode instead of clone mode and stay there. and what I should do to get the clearest picture for my monitor.

Thanks :D

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Alright i got it working ok...installed it reinstalled the ati driver using the Hacking SUSE 10.1 guide....Is there a specific "good" way to install this driver on SUSE? I guess my question is will I see better graphic performance depending on the way I install it?

There won't be a better way as such. There might be an easier way than what you did. But either way, if you install the kernel module and it loads up properly and drives your card, it should work exactly the same way.

Also just as a readability thing, people might be more inclined to help if you just post the relevant bits of your xorg.conf file. We don't need to see all the gubbins about fonts and input devices if they're all working...

Anyway (assuming I read your last post right), I'm glad you seem to have it fixed :)

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