At first, getting an up to date version of radeonhd into my dev dir
git-clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/driver/xf86-video-radeonhd
cd xf86-video-radeonhd/
./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr/
make
sudo checkinstall make install
sudo dpkg -i xf86-video_radeonhd-martin-1-1_i386.deb
notice that the checkinstall asks for your input about the version , i put martin-1 there, the package name will depend from it and it requires a number into it
so far so good, wrote the initial xorg.conf with just :
Section "Device"
Identifier "Radeon-1"
Driver "radeonhd"
EndSection
X came up nicely, but i wanted my laptop screen to become the primary display.
I twiddled around with xrandr unsuccessfully from the xterm, closed down the x display and wrote this into the config to make it work as expected :
Section "Device"
Identifier "Radeon-1"
Driver "radeonhd"
Option "RROutputOrder" "PANEL,VGA_1"
EndSection
The values for RROutputOrder you can get from "xrandr -q"
And to get the external monitor as left display , just type analogous line into xterm :
xrandr --output VGA_1 --left-of PANEL
// for me , PANEL is the laptop lcd screen of my ibm lenovo t60 , VGA_1 is the external samsung lcd
resolution combination that i use :
1680x1050 for laptop , 1440x900 for external display
the screen section is configured as
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen_1"
Device "Radeon-1"
Monitor "xMonitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Virtual 3120 1050
EndSubSection
EndSection
The xMonitor1 is just a dummy entry and xrandr ignores that stuff anyway.
Abracadabra, X works, xrandr manages to play with the devices nicely ;) I have a big nice desktop and none of the fglrx madness
Thanks RadeonHD people ;)
ps. i hope it helps someone out there ;) if not , don't ask me for help, use google instead.
