> On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 11:51, Thomas Schueppel wrote:
...
> > Are you able to have different things on the TV and the CRT
> > or is 'cloning' the only possible way to have them both
> > display at the same time?
>
> I fear that only cloning is possible. But I am not sure.
>
> andi

There are two sets of VGA registers, so the hardware does support dual
displays. And, you can control which display gets the video overlay. Neither
viafb nor the directfb driver implements this (of course) ...

As the author of the CLE266 driver for DirectFB, I should be well suited
knowledge-wise to write the code, but I fear that it could take more time
than I have at the moment. I'd also have to buy a second CRT, or rather an
LCD with VGA input due to space constraints. The one CRT I have is connected
to my desktop, which isn't an EPIA-M. The EPIA-M is only connected to a TV.

Fortunately, there should be plenty of information in VIAs XFree86 driver
that can be used to expand viafb for dual display. If you or someone else
decides to take a stab at it,  I am willing to answer questions and give
direction. Please look at the Xfree86 driver first, before you make up your
mind - the source code is quite large and could IMHO have better structure.

Regards,
Andreas



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