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From: KS on 29 Apr 2010 20:00 Hi all, I have setup a system with Gigabyte MA-790GPT-UD3H motherboard and use a Nvidia GeForce 8600GTS PCI-E video card. It also has an onboard ATI Radeon HD 3300 graphics chipset. The PCI-E card is being used at the moment for the monitor (nvidia driver). I was thinking of using the HDMI port(onboard) to play movies directly on the TV rather than using a DVD-RW (current method). I did configure the onboard chipset to be detected after the PCI-E card as D-SUB+HDMI output in the BIOS. This is on a Debian Unstable box. The question is: would it be possible to use two graphics cards from different manufacturers? I also noticed that the onboard chipset does not come up with lspci. Any suggestions on how to proceed with this? /KS ------------ $> lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge 00:02.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (ext gfx port 0) 00:0a.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 5) 00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 SATA Controller [IDE mode] 00:12.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller 00:12.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller 00:12.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller 00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller 00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller 00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller 00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 3c) 00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 IDE Controller 00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) 00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 LPC host controller 00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge 00:14.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI2 Controller 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] HyperTransport Configuration 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Address Map 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] DRAM Controller 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Miscellaneous Control 00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Link Control 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G84 [GeForce 8600 GTS] (rev a1) 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02) 03:0e.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB23 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4BDA1C16.8000607(a)fastmail.fm
From: Victor Padro on 29 Apr 2010 20:10 On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 6:53 PM, KS <lists04(a)fastmail.fm> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have setup a system with Gigabyte MA-790GPT-UD3H motherboard and use a > Nvidia GeForce 8600GTS PCI-E video card. It also has an onboard ATI > Radeon HD 3300 graphics chipset. The PCI-E card is being used at the > moment for the monitor (nvidia driver). I was thinking of using the HDMI > port(onboard) to play movies directly on the TV rather than using a > DVD-RW (current method). > > I did configure the onboard chipset to be detected after the PCI-E card > as D-SUB+HDMI output in the BIOS. This is on a Debian Unstable box. > > The question is: would it be possible to use two graphics cards from > different manufacturers? > > I also noticed that the onboard chipset does not come up with lspci. > > Any suggestions on how to proceed with this? > /KS > ------------ > $> lspci > 00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge > 00:02.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge > (ext gfx port 0) > 00:0a.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge > (PCIE port 5) > 00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 SATA > Controller [IDE mode] > 00:12.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 > Controller > 00:12.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller > 00:12.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller > 00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 > Controller > 00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller > 00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller > 00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 3c) > 00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 IDE Controller > 00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) > 00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 LPC host controller > 00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge > 00:14.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI2 > Controller > 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, > Athlon64, Sempron] HyperTransport Configuration > 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, > Athlon64, Sempron] Address Map > 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, > Athlon64, Sempron] DRAM Controller > 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, > Athlon64, Sempron] Miscellaneous Control > 00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, > Athlon64, Sempron] Link Control > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G84 [GeForce 8600 > GTS] (rev a1) > 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. > RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02) > 03:0e.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB23 > IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4BDA1C16.8000607(a)fastmail.fm > > AFAIK, when you use a PCI-e VGA onboard video is disable, and your lspci states that... -- Linux User #452368 http://twitter.com/vpadro "Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/i2hbeee84cb1004291703h52e06954nfc99eaeabf3ad471(a)mail.gmail.com
From: Camaleón on 30 Apr 2010 04:50 On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:53:58 -0400, KS wrote: (..) > The question is: would it be possible to use two graphics cards from > different manufacturers? Yes, but as Victor suggested, many motherboard manufacturers automatically disable onboard chipset as soon as the PCI-e slot is occupied with an external VGA card. So you could put a second PCI card (or PCI-e, whether a second slot is available) and both VGA cards should be detected fine (if they are from different makers, no crossfire or SLI, they will be treated as individual cards). Ask Gigabyte to confirm. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.04.30.08.39.41(a)gmail.com
From: KS on 2 May 2010 11:30 Victor Padro wrote: > On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 6:53 PM, KS <lists04(a)fastmail.fm> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I have setup a system with Gigabyte MA-790GPT-UD3H motherboard and use a >> Nvidia GeForce 8600GTS PCI-E video card. It also has an onboard ATI >> Radeon HD 3300 graphics chipset. The PCI-E card is being used at the >> moment for the monitor (nvidia driver). I was thinking of using the HDMI >> port(onboard) to play movies directly on the TV rather than using a >> DVD-RW (current method). >> >> I did configure the onboard chipset to be detected after the PCI-E card >> as D-SUB+HDMI output in the BIOS. This is on a Debian Unstable box. >> >> The question is: would it be possible to use two graphics cards from >> different manufacturers? >> >> I also noticed that the onboard chipset does not come up with lspci. > > AFAIK, when you use a PCI-e VGA onboard video is disable, and your > lspci states that... > Yes, that seems to what was happening. I have remove the PCI-E card and the machine was able to detect the onboard VGA chipset (using module radeonhd). At the moment, when I boot, I get 1024x768 resolution on both of them (monitor and TV) with both showing the same image. I have tried to create an xorg.conf using http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12 but it is not being applied (both outputs have 1024x768 resolution even though I have specified the preferred resolution in xorg.con). Does anyone see obvious mistakes in the file or if I have missed something? Thanks, KS. PS: I just realized that I could have used a DVD-HDMI adapter for my Nvidia 8600GTS card too. However, its fan is really noisy :( -------------- Section "Module" #Load "bitmap" #Load "dbe" #Load "ddc" #Load "dri" #Load "extmod" #Load "freetype" #Load "int10" #Load "record" #Load "type1" #Load "vbe" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Generic Keyboard" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "pc104" Option "XkbLayout" "us" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" Option "Buttons" "7" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 6 7 4 5" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "ATI Technologies Inc Radeon HD 3300 Graphics" Driver "radeonhd" # BusID "01:05.0" Option "AccelMethod" "EXA" Option "Monitor-VGA-0" "Lenovo Monitor" Option "Monitor-HDMI-0" "External TV" Option "Audio" "on" Option "HDMI" "all" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Lenovo Monitor" Modeline "1920x1200_60.00" 193.16 1920 2048 2256 2592 1200 1201 1204 1242 -HSync +Vsync Option "PreferredMode" "1920x1200_60.00" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "External TV" DisplaySize 1600 900 Modeline "1360x768_60.00" 84.72 1360 1424 1568 1776 768 769 772 795 -HSync +Vsync Option "PreferredMode" "1360x768_60.00" Option "RightOf" "Lenovo Monitor" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Big Screen" Device "ATI Technologies Inc Radeon HD 3300 Graphics" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 24 #Virtual Screen size add widths + max(height of monitor) for right+left config Virtual 3280 1200 EndSubSection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "Big Screen" InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" InputDevice "Configured Mouse" EndSection -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4BDD99F6.4020803(a)fastmail.fm
From: deloptes on 2 May 2010 19:20
KS wrote: could you also post the xorg log file? regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/hrl15g$rdj$2(a)dough.gmane.org |