xorg.conf permissions

[steve reilly]

On Dec 22, 2014 9:05 PM, "Brandon Vincent" <Brandon.Vincent at asu.edu> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 6:31 PM, steve reilly <steve at reillyblog.com>
wrote:
> > oh, gotcha.  yea, the ubuntu display panel doesnt detect the other
> > card for some reason. even when clicking "detect".  thats why im
> > thinking this 6200 isnt supported anymore.  only thing i can think of?
>
> Actually, I was mistaken in regards to XRandR. Multi-GPU support was
> introduced in XRandR 1.4. The 304.125 driver only supports up to 1.3.
>
> The latest driver for your GeForce 6200 is the 304.125, so using
> XRandR 1.4 is not possible. You'll have to use Xinerama which is going
> to cause a major hit to hardware acceleration.
>
> Since Xinerama only permits direct-rendering on one screen, this is
> probably why the other screen was grey/black.
>
> Upgrading the card is probably the only viable solution at this point.
>

man thanks alot for all your help on this. ive been driving myself batty
trying all different combinations before I even asked for help.  I suppose
its time to throw some $ into this rig I built like 4 years ago.

Steve
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