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#1 2010-07-12 23:15:35

burninating__absol
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Registered: 2010-03-07
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Card Does Not Output DVI (VGA Works Fine)

I have an ATI Radeon X1300 that I salvaged from an old XP computer. It previously ran dual monitors for months on end, but now it doesn't output DVI at all. I used an nVidia GeForce 6200 with proprietary drivers before switching to this card and am now using xf86-video-ati-git. I don't think this is an Arch problem, but it doesn't hurt to post it here. The monitors that I am using both work (Dell SE198WFP and SE198WEP) and I have tried switching thme around to no avail. Any help is great. 

lspci
[...]
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV515 [Radeon X1300]
01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV515 [Radeon X1300] (Secondary)
[...]
archey

               +                OS: Arch Linux x86_64
               #                Hostname: arch
              ###               Kernel: 2.6.34-ARCH
             #####              Uptime: 6:10
             ######             Window Manager: xmonad
            ; #####;            Packages: 720
           +##.#####            RAM: 507 MB / 3895 MB
          +##########           CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz
         #############;         Shell: Zsh
        ###############+        Terminal: Rxvt-256color
       #######   #######        Root FS: 9.3G / 193G (ext4)
     .######;     ;###;`".      Boot FS: 16M / 99M (ext2)
    .#######;     ;#####.       Home FS: 707M / 175G (ext4)
    #########.   .########`     
   ######'           '######    
  ;####                 ####;   
  ##'                     '##   
 #'                         `#
.xinitrc
xrandr --output DVI-0 --auto --right-of VGA-0 &
urxvtd -q -f 
unclutter -idle 4&
xset m 1 1 &
xsetroot -bg "#121212" -mod 3 3 &
setxkbmap us &
xrdb $HOME/.Xresources &
zsh $HOME/bin/xmodshit &
exec ck-launch-session dbus-launch xmonad
# vim: ft=conf:
xorg.conf
Section "Device"
       Identifier  "radeon0"
       Option "ColorTiling" "on"
       Driver      "radeon"
       Option      "DRI" "on" 
       Option      "DynamicPM" "on"      # Dynamic powersaving.
       Option      "ClockGating" "on"    # Assisting option for powersaving.
       Option      "AccelMethod" "EXA"   # EXA should fit most cases.
       Option      "EXAVSync" "on"       # EXAVSync is explained above.
       Option      "DMAForXv" "on"       # Forced option in order to enable Xv overlay.
       Option      "ScalerWidth" "2048"  # That should fix some very rare bugs.
       Option      "EnablePageFlip" "on" # It will not be enabled on R5xx cards.
       Option      "RenderAccel" "on"    # Optional. It should be enabled by default.
       Option      "AccelDFS" "on"       #Optional. See the man page.
       BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
        Identifier      "VGA-0"
        Option          "DPMS" "true"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
        Identifier      "DVI-0"
        Option          "DPMS" "true"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
       Identifier       "Default Screen"
       Device           "radeon0"
       Monitor          "VGA-0"
       DefaultDepth     24
   
       SubSection "Display"
           Depth                24
           Modes                "1680x1050" "1050x1680" "1280x1024" "1440x900" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x720" "1280x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "720x400"
           Virtual              2960 2960 
       EndSubSection
EndSection

Last edited by burninating__absol (2010-07-12 23:19:33)

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#2 2010-07-14 15:50:55

burninating__absol
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Registered: 2010-03-07
Posts: 45

Re: Card Does Not Output DVI (VGA Works Fine)

*bump*

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#3 2010-07-14 16:00:40

skunktrader
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From: Brisbane, Australia
Registered: 2010-02-14
Posts: 1,586

Re: Card Does Not Output DVI (VGA Works Fine)

What happens if you change

       Monitor          "VGA-0"

to

       Monitor          "DVI-0"

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#4 2010-07-15 01:32:30

burninating__absol
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Registered: 2010-03-07
Posts: 45

Re: Card Does Not Output DVI (VGA Works Fine)

It stays the same. I suspect I must have damaged the card somehow after moving it, but I don't know how to tell if that's the case.

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#5 2010-07-18 01:00:25

burninating__absol
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Posts: 45

Re: Card Does Not Output DVI (VGA Works Fine)

*re-bump*
I'd also like to mention that the screen shows nothing while starting up or while it is outside of X, which is why I think it is not Arch-specific.\


EDIT: I switched back to my nVidia card. Problem still exists on that card, though.

Last edited by burninating__absol (2010-07-20 23:07:32)

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#6 2010-07-20 12:37:34

karol
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Registered: 2009-05-06
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Re: Card Does Not Output DVI (VGA Works Fine)

Maybe the cable is damaged?
Can you post /var/log/dmesg.log ?

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#7 2010-07-20 23:10:30

burninating__absol
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Re: Card Does Not Output DVI (VGA Works Fine)

I meant to say that card, this nvidia one works fine. I am going to say that it is almost undoubtably the card that is damaged. If there would be anything in my dmesg.log that could confirm this, I'll post it. I only get around 30 fps in Quake Live on this card, though........

Last edited by burninating__absol (2010-07-20 23:10:49)

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