Vikas N Kumar wrote: >Hi > >I am sure this question has come up many times on this and the users mailing >lists. > >I now have setup a machine with an AMD Athlon X2 4200+ dual core CPU, 2GB >RAM, Slamd64 Linux and 2 NVIDIA Graphics cards (FX5200 PCI based Dual head >and FX 8600 GTS PCI-E based dual head) and have current attached 3 monitors >to these. > >I do not run Xinerama since with NVIDIA's latest drivers, Xinerama does not >work with 3D graphics. So I have 3 displays that I can access however >instead of just 1 single large display. > >I want to run Flightgear on this setup and make use of the 3 screens for >views, either the standard view split up or 3 different views on each >screen. > >I searched on the net, and every manual/mail suggested that 2 or more fgfs >applications needed to be run as master-slave to get that effect. > >John Wojnarowski however said that he was able to get it up and running with >3 graphics cards on one P4 machine in Jan 2007. > >Here is the link to his statement : >http://www.lugod.org/mailinglists/archives/vox-tech/2007-01/msg00112.html > >I have contacted him by email as well, but was hoping someone could respond >to me faster here too. > >Is there any such possibility ? > >Any info will be appreciated. > > First, you will require the CVS version of Flightgear with OSG support. Sounds like you have the xorg.conf file wiorking to handle your graphics boards, so all you will then need is the proper setup in the preferences.xml file. Note, this will NOT work with FG-1.0 or any version that is using the plib graphics, that still requires one FG app per machine.
My thanks to Mathias Boerner for some sample config files, I will pass those on to you attached via private email John ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
