dual heads

[Net Llama!]

On Mon, 28 Apr 2003 bobkline77 at earthlink.net wrote:
> I agree with Ian that everybody should have two monitors until 30 inch
> monitors become affordable. When I tried to do it, my new GeForce4 did not
> get along with my built in SiS. In fact, I was not even able to get the new
> one working after disabling the old one in bios. So, I wanted to hear what
> video cards work and what else it took. For example,

SiS is notorious for really crappy video chipsets, so it wouldn't surprise
me in the least if it wouldnt' work right.

>
> I see one site with an ugly two headed Tux that says XFree86 doesn't
> support this yet so use Xi Graphics. But, the Matrox site offers a beta
> driver for XFree86. I wanted to know what other people's experience is. Is
> anyone else using multiple monitors?

Many people.  That site you found below is really really old (over 3
years).  Hell, they're running on a 2.4.0-test2 kernel.

>
> Ian, if you are having good results and know a better way, I would like to
> hear more about it when you have the time.
>
> http://www.planetquake.com/mhg/
> http://www.matrox.com/mga/support/faq/faqfinder.cfm
>
> Everybody else, thanks for the heads up on the HTML. Let's see if the plain
> text change took effect yet, and let me know if it goes back later.
>
> -RK
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Ian Stephen <ianstepn at shaw.ca>
> > To: <linux-users at linux-sxs.org>
>  > Date: 4/27/2003 5:01:32 PM
> > Subject: Re: dual heads
> >
> > Having crowed about this, I suppose I should undertake it.  Will
> > probably be a couple of weeks before I can put it together (time
> > constraints).  If any guru-types feel inclined to do one instead please
> > do!
> >
> > IanS
> >
> > On Sun, 2003-04-27 at 09:37, Robert Kline wrote:
> >
> > My quick search does not reveal a SxS about dual monitors. Think about
> > it.
> >
> > dn for card and $50 for
> monitor.  Wouldn't go back to one for love or money.
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