On Sunday 03 November 2002 12:20 pm, Kiran wrote: > On Sat, 2002-11-02 at 15:57, Sebastien Routier wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Does anybody know if and how can I enable my onboard video card while > > also using my normal PCI/AGP video card?? > > The on board AGP & AGP slot are the same "slot" for video. If you need > to add another card use a PCI card. I have never seen a board with two > AGP slots although that would be great. an added hint... do not put the pci video card in the slot next to the agp slot, the second or third PCI slot is a much better choice.
> > NOTE: PCI bus is PCI bus 0 while the AGP bus is PCI bus 1 (IIRC actually > AGP is part of the PCI bus) there for they will be read that way by the > bios and your computer and you will need to differentiate between them > in X. IIRC you will need to put a bus line in the configs to let it know > that you are using it as screen0 or screen1. > > I'm not sure if mandrake 9 (or RedHat 8) will auto detect dual monitors > successfully, I will have to try it. > > Here is the link to the Xinerama HOW-TO: > http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Xinerama-HOWTO.html > this may explain more than I could and do it right. > > > I want to try the dual video thing, but I can't get my onboard video to > > work *while* my PCI/AGP board is in my PC!? They both work separately, > > but not together!??! > > > > Any ideas?!?! Is it even possible?? > > > > Thanks...
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