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Author Topic: DF or graphics driver? DF only on primary (left) monitor  (Read 370 times)

Samyotix

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DF or graphics driver? DF only on primary (left) monitor
« on: February 25, 2008, 01:25:00 pm »
My setup:

Athlon 2800 rating
Ati 9800 XT
primary monitor Acer AL1916w (right hand side)
2ndary monitor Sony E220 (left)
Ati driver 8.391.0.0 dated 26.06.2007

Note: Cannot use more recent driver. More recent Ati drivers do not recognize the card but throw a "3d failure" error. Thanks Ati)


a) Acer monitor running at 1440x900. Secondary monitor collecting dust.
Everything worked.

b) Plugged in the Sony E220 set at 1024x768 so I could play and read the Wiki at the same time.
Moved DF to the left monitor and hit F11. Crash.

c) When the 2ndary monitor is active, DF will only display anything on that monitor, and only display frozen graphics or black window contents on the primary monitor.
c1) Launch game: Black window on primary screen
c2) Move to left screen: Graphics visible
c3) move back to right screen: gfx freeze for 1-2 sec then black screen.


Erm ... it's the driver, right?  :(

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Samyotix

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Re: DF or graphics driver? DF only on primary (left) monitor
« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2008, 01:50:00 pm »
The title of my posting is wrong  :(

I can get DF to work only on the secondary monitor (if both are active9:

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