Comment 19 for bug 47775

(In reply to comment #7)

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> Two (more or less) relevant additions:
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> 1.) I simplified the MetaModes to
> Option "MetaModes" "1024x768 1280x1024 1024x768+1280x1024"
> as these are the options that I really need: 1024x768 clone mode, when working
> on the laptop and maybe a beamer attached. 1280x1024 clone mode or
> 1024x768-1280x1024 when working on the docking station.
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> Strange I found, that
> a.) X always started in 1280x1024 clone mode, however only showing 1024x768 on
> both monitors (with a virtual screen of 1280x1024)

This is because your first metamode is 1024x768. and the largest metamode is
1280x1024.

> b.) xrand only gave me the possibility to switch between 1024x768 and 1280x1024
> clone mode (which at least gave me the expected results), not the xinerama like
> setup. All Windows were repositioned correctly.

You didn't specify a dualhead metamode. 1024x768+1280x1024 is a clone mode.
1024x768-1280x1024 is a dualhead mode.

> c.) switching with CTRL-ALT-Keypad+/- switched through all three modes but in
> the clone modes there was always a 1280x1024 virtual screen area. No windows
> were repositioned (and the the KDE kicker did not adapt either)

only xrandr resizes the desktop. CTRL-ALT-Keypad+/- just changes the mode; the
desktop remains the same size.

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> 2.) What I always hate with such freezes is that data is lost on the harddisk.
> I'm using ext3 and in the boot process you first see the journal recovering with
> lots of inodes deleted, then the fsck yielding lots of errors, trying to correct
> them and then finally a reboot. Awful :(

save your data and type 'sync' to flush to the HD before you try test something
likely to crash.

What version of the radeon driver are you using?