Karmic Radeon Dual Head Trouble

drew einhorn drew.einhorn at gmail.com
Sat Dec 19 00:02:09 UTC 2009


Here's the relevant excerpts from:

 lspci

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82915G/GV/910GL
Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 04)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82915G Integrated
Graphics Controller (rev 04)
04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon
9200 PRO] (rev 01)
04:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200
PRO] (Secondary) (rev 01)


The proprietary drivers and other packages are installed

 dpkg -l | egrep "fglrx|radeon|xorg"

ii  fglrx-amdcccle                       2:8.660-0ubuntu4
             Catalyst Control Center for the ATI graphics
ii  fglrx-kernel-source                  2:8.660-0ubuntu4
             Kernel module source for the ATI graphics ac
ii  fglrx-modaliases                     2:8.660-0ubuntu4
             Identifiers supported by the ATI graphics dr
ii  libdrm-radeon1                       2.4.14-1ubuntu1
             Userspace interface to radeon-specific kerne
ii  python-xkit                          0.4.2
             library for the manipulation of the xorg.con
ii  xorg                                 1:7.4+3ubuntu10
             X.Org X Window System
ii  xorg-docs-core                       1:1.4-5
             Core documentation for the X.org X Window Sy
ii  xorg-driver-fglrx                    2:8.660-0ubuntu4
             Video driver for the ATI graphics accelerato
ii  xserver-xorg                         1:7.4+3ubuntu10
             the X.Org X server
ii  xserver-xorg-core                    2:1.6.4-2ubuntu4
             Xorg X server - core server
ii  xserver-xorg-input-all               1:7.4+3ubuntu10
             the X.Org X server -- input driver metapacka
ii  xserver-xorg-input-evdev             1:2.2.5-1ubuntu6
             X.Org X server -- evdev input driver
ii  xserver-xorg-input-mouse             1:1.4.0-2
             X.Org X server -- mouse input driver
ii  xserver-xorg-input-synaptics         1.1.2-1ubuntu7
             Synaptics TouchPad driver for X.Org server
ii  xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse           1:12.6.4-1ubuntu3
             X.Org X server -- VMMouse input driver to us
ii  xserver-xorg-input-wacom             1:0.8.4.1-0ubuntu4
             X.Org X server -- Wacom input driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-apm               1:1.2.1-2
             X.Org X server -- APM display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-ark               1:0.7.1-2
             X.Org X server -- ark display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-ati
1:6.12.99+git20090929.7968e1fb-0ubuntu1    X.Org X server -- ATI
display driver wrapper
ii  xserver-xorg-video-chips             1:1.2.1-3
             X.Org X server -- Chips display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-cirrus            1:1.3.1-1ubuntu2
             X.Org X server -- Cirrus display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-fbdev             1:0.4.0-4
             X.Org X server -- fbdev display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-geode             2.11.6-1
             X.Org server -- Geode GX2/LX display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-i128              1:1.3.2-1
             X.Org X server -- i128 display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-i740              1:1.3.0-1
             X.Org X server -- i740 display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-intel             2:2.9.0-1ubuntu2
             X.Org X server -- Intel i8xx, i9xx display d
ii  xserver-xorg-video-mach64            6.8.2-1
             X.Org X server -- ATI Mach64 display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-mga               1:1.4.11.dfsg-1
             X.Org X server -- MGA display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-neomagic          1:1.2.3-1
             X.Org X server -- Neomagic display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-nv                1:2.1.14-2ubuntu3
             X.Org X server -- NV display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-openchrome        1:0.2.903+svn758-0ubuntu1
             X.Org X server -- VIA display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-r128              6.8.1-1
             X.Org X server -- ATI r128 display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-radeon
1:6.12.99+git20090929.7968e1fb-0ubuntu1    X.Org X server -- ATI
Radeon display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-rendition         1:4.2.1-1
             X.Org X server -- Rendition display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-s3                1:0.6.2-1
             X.Org X server -- legacy S3 display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-s3virge           1:1.10.2-2
             X.Org X server -- S3 ViRGE display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-savage            1:2.3.0-1ubuntu1
             X.Org X server -- Savage display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion     1:1.7.2-1
             X.Org X server -- SiliconMotion display driv
ii  xserver-xorg-video-sis               1:0.10.1-2
             X.Org X server -- SiS display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-sisusb            1:0.9.1-1
             X.Org X server -- SiS USB display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-tdfx              1:1.4.1-1
             X.Org X server -- tdfx display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-trident           1:1.3.1-1
             X.Org X server -- Trident display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-tseng             1:1.2.1-1
             X.Org X server -- Tseng display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-v4l               1:0.2.0-3ubuntu1
             X.Org X server -- Video 4 Linux display driv
ii  xserver-xorg-video-vesa              1:2.2.1-1
             X.Org X server -- VESA display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-vmware            1:10.16.7-1
             X.Org X server -- VMware display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-voodoo            1:1.2.2-1
             X.Org X server -- Voodoo display driver


But  System -> Administration -> Hardware
Drivers doesn't find any proprietary drivers

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
returns without doing anything.

What is the missing piece of the puzzle?

-- 
Drew Einhorn




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