Steve Philp wrote:
>
> Lee Wilson wrote:
> >
> > I'm wanting to put 2 monitors on a new Mandrake-Linux 6.0 system. I have
> > everything but the video cards, and was wondering if I could get any
> > advice/experiences of anyone who has put 2 monitors on their system.
> >
> > First, what video cards will work for 2 monitors? I have an Intel motherboard
> > with the TX chipset and an AGP slot. I would like the cards to have at least
> > 8MB each (so I can run both monitors at 1280x1024 with a decent color palette).
> > I know that I can get 2 ATI Expert 98 cards that work with dual monitors on
>
> The ATI card has been supported for quite awhile. I ran an Xpert@Work
> card for a few months a while back.
>
> > Win98 (both PCI) for a reasonable price, but don't know if Linux has drivers for
> > those (or even where to look to find out) and whether those drivers will allow 2
> > cards anyway. I've been told that Matrox cards work with 2 monitors, but I
> > can't find any except the new G400's. I'd actually like to get the G400 (32MB)
> > which is 1 card capable of handling 2 monitors, but I don't know (again) if
> > Linux has drivers for it (especially since it's a pretty new card on the
> > market).
>
> I believe (but check the XFree86 site to be sure) that 3.3.5 supports
> the G400 cards. And the exceptional news is that 3D support for these
> cards is coming right along also. You gotta love Matrox for releasing
> the documentation for these cards, they've made me a believer. I'm
> extremely happy with my current G200/8M/AGP card.
>
> --
> Steve Philp
> Network Administrator
> Advance Packaging Corporation
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ok, U can use the dual head with the new 4.0 snapshot Xfree86 server
(3.9.16). [read the release note.] Check out the Xinerama extension
(and before you start to installing READ the mans).
The only window manager which can handle multihead and Xinerama properly
is Enlightenment from cvs (or dr16 latest dev snapshot E0.16.7).
Actually Mandrake (<-person not Linux-Mandrake) wrote the Xinamera and
he is a codeveloper of the E. That is the reason you can use E with
multihead. I can testify just working fine. :-)
www.xfree86.org
www.enlightenment.org
multihead=Enlightenment
drosh
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