Ati X300 PCI and Ati RageXL dual monitor problem!!

[adrine.correya]

Hi!
I checked out my PCI ATI X300 and Onboard RageXL at my workplace; using WinXP gave me great results and I was expecting better things from Ubuntu 8.04. Unfortunately, it could only find the default card as set by the bios. For days I tried tweaks as in the forums with no great result. (Might be because i'm pretty new with X). Please help!!

Thanks in advance
Ubuntu RoX!!!

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This is my lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation E7525 Memory Controller Hub (rev 0c)
00:00.1 Class ff00: Intel Corporation E7525/E7520 Error Reporting Registers (rev 0c)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation E7525/E7520/E7320 PCI Express Port A (rev 0c)
00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation E7525/E7520/E7320 PCI Express Port A1 (rev 0c)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation E7525/E7520 PCI Express Port B (rev 0c)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6300ESB 64-bit PCI-X Bridge (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 6300ESB USB Universal Host Controller (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 6300ESB USB Universal Host Controller (rev 02)
00:1d.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 6300ESB Watchdog Timer (rev 02)
00:1d.5 PIC: Intel Corporation 6300ESB I/O Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 6300ESB USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 0a)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 6300ESB LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 6300ESB PATA Storage Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 6300ESB SATA Storage Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6300ESB SMBus Controller (rev 02)
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV370 5B60 [Radeon X300 (PCIE)]
03:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV370 [Radeon X300SE]
04:03.0 Serial controller: Integrated Technology Express, Inc. IT8874F PCI Dual Serial Port Controller (rev 01)
05:03.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82541GI Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 05)

And my xorg.conf



# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
EndSection

[MaxMax]

Hello,

I also use an ATI video card and I've just been able to get my two monitors to work as a Big-Desktop under Ubuntu, kind of like they do in Windows XP. Here is the thread that made it work for me : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=301941

Try those instructions, and hopefully it will work for you too!

Since you are new to Ubuntu, you might find the following website useful. http://ubuntutip.googlepages.com/home

I found a lot of helpful tips on it.

-- Max

[adrine.correya]

Hi MaX!

Thanks for th reply!!! (My 1st post and 1st reply!)

I just went thru the links you gave. I don't think i've made up anything, because, i just went along windows to find out that the onboard drivers were ASUS Extreme AX300 (not ATI X300 or are both the same?), and now i don't know where to find drivers!!!

... Longing to see Ubuntu in 2 monitors...


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[MaxMax]

Hi Adrine,

According to your lspci, your video card is ATI Radeon similar to mine:


03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV370 5B60 [Radeon X300 (PCIE)]
03:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV370 [Radeon X300SE]


So what you need to do is :

1) Install the proper fglrx ATI driver for it (see the procedure here https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI) and then

2) Setup Big-Desktop by following the instructions in the thread I mentioned earlier: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=301941

That's what I did and it worked for me. Good luck! -- Max