[GRLUG] Notebook with ATI chip, dual-screens, XGL?

[Benjamin Eavey]

Benjamin Eavey wrote:

> Have you tried the 8.31.5 version of the driver?  I was using an 8.28 
> driver on my ThinkPad before I got this new HP notebook, and I never 
> could get dual-screen to work well.  This one is working much better.

Bah.  I spoke too soon.  The dual-screen setup works great, but I took 
my laptop home last night and fired it up, only to discover that X 
wouldn't start.  I had to revert back to my old xorg.conf (single 
screen) before it would work.  Verified it this morning; the dual-head 
config works fine if the 2nd monitor is attached, but if I boot up 
without it, the LCD on the laptop remains blank and X fails to start.

Here's the relevant stuff from my Xorg log:

------------------------------------------------------------------
(II) fglrx(1): === [atiddxPreInit] === begin, [s]
(EE) fglrx(1): Quitting secondary screen -- no monitor specified.
(EE) fglrx(1): PreInit failed
(II) fglrx(1): === [atiddxPreInit] === end

Backtrace:
0: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(xf86SigHandler+0x81) [0x80c3971]
1: [0xffffe420]
2: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so(atiddxDriverEntPriv+0x35) 
[0xb74a8f45]
3: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so(atiddxFreeScreen+0x33) 
[0xb74aef23]
4: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(xf86DeleteScreen+0x6e) [0x80d1dbe]
5: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(InitOutput+0xa18) [0x809ff68]
6: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(main+0x276) [0x806e506]
7: /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xdc) [0xb7d638cc]
8: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(FontFileCompleteXLFD+0xa1) [0x806da51]

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11.  Server aborting
------------------------------------------------------------------

Seems to me like it should "just work" on the primary display, even if 
it can't detect a secondary monitor.  Why does X completely die?

I'll attach my xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log files, just in case some 
generous soul feels like looking at them and helping me out.

System Specs:

HP Compaq nc8430 notebook
ATI Mobility Radeon X1600, 256MB
1680x1050 LCD on notebook
1280x1024 display on secondary monitor
Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Etch)

Sorry to keep spamming the list...  it's always a pain setting up a new 
machine, and this one's pretty new, so there isn't much out there on 
Google to help me troubleshoot some of this stuff.

Thanks to all who have helped so far!!

-Ben