[Techtalk] Live CD distros and Dual Monitors

[sidd darko]

Some additional info if anyone out there feels like hardware 
troubleshooting ..

This is the only error I see in my Xorg.log:
(EE) intel(0): max_gtt_map_size: 57685kb.

And the trace for this ..
(II) intel(0): Output DVI1 connected
(II) intel(0): Using user preference for initial modes
(II) intel(0): Output VGA1 using initial mode 1680x1050
(II) intel(0): Output DVI1 using initial mode 1280x1024
(==) intel(0): video overlay key set to 0x101fe
(==) intel(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(**) intel(0): Display dimensions: (430, 270) mm
(**) intel(0): DPI set to (99, 98)
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libfb.so
(II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
         compiled for 1.6.1.901, module version = 1.0.0
         ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
(==) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
(II) do I need RAC?  No, I don't.
(II) resource ranges after preInit:
         [0] -1  0       0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[B]
         [1] -1  0       0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
         [2] -1  0       0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
         [3] -1  0       0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
         [4] 0   0       0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B]
         [5] 0   0       0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B]
         [6] 0   0       0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B]
         [7] -1  0       0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
         [8] -1  0       0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[B]
         [9] 0   0       0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B]
         [10] 0  0       0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B]
(II) intel(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
(**) intel(0): Framebuffer compression disabled
(**) intel(0): Tiling enabled
(==) intel(0): VideoRam: 4194303 KB
(II) intel(0): Attempting memory allocation with tiled buffers.
(EE) intel(0): max_gtt_map_size: 57685kb.


And the output of lscpi --vv:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31 Express 
Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
	Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. Device 0df5
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- 
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- 
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 26
	Region 0: Memory at fea80000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
	Region 1: I/O ports at dc00 [size=8]
	Region 2: Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
	Region 3: Memory at fe900000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
	Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
	Capabilities: [90] MSI: Mask- 64bit- Count=1/1 Enable+
		Address: fee0200c  Data: 4179
	Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2
		Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
		Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
	Kernel driver in use: i915
	Kernel modules: i915

00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31 Express 
Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. Device 0df5
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- 
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- 
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0
	Region 0: Memory at fe880000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
	Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2
		Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
		Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-


Mani A wrote:
> 
> post relevant part of the output of
> #lspci -vv
> 
> With livecds you need to consider randr
> 
> http://www.x.org/wiki/Projects/XRandR
> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=927
> 
> Best
> 
> A. Mani
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