On Sat, 2008-03-08 at 23:54 +0200, Omer Zak wrote: > After reading the article in http://www.linux.com/articles/113516 about > this subject and seeing how simple it is to configure X-Window to handle > two displays, I would like to do this in my PC. > > * What is your experience with driving 2-3 displays from your Linux PC? > * Given the following situation, what would you recommend/keep away > from? > > Hardware: > My PC currently has the "nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev > a1)" (according to lspci) video card in an AGP slot. > It also has two free PCI slots. > > Installation: > Linux flavor being used - Debian Etch, updated packages. > X-Window: Xorg version: 7.1.0-19. > Video driver being used: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nv_drv.so > >From /var/log/Xorg.0.log: > (II) Module nv: vendor="X.Org Foundation" > compiled for 7.1.1, module version = 1.2.0 > Module class: X.Org Video Driver > > * Specific issues and questions: > > 1. What is the best video card nowadays, by the following criteria: > - Linux support > - Support for OpenGL in Linux > - Support for 3D effects in Linux > - On the other hand, I am not a gamer and don't expect to play games on > it.
In general, currently, the nVidia binary driver has solid 2/3 way display support. (I use twinview on a number of machines). > - I need it to be a PCI card, as the AGP slot is already occupied. > However if an AGP card is much better, please let me know about it as > well. You can also replace your AGP card with a new(er) card that has out-of-the-box dual monitor support. > > 2. Is there any problem using two different video cards (say, nVidia and > ATI) in the same PC? I can't talk about AMD/ATI, but the nVidia binary driver supports Twinview -as- long as both cards are from the same family group. (Read: Don't mix an AGP 7600GT with a PCI Geforce2.) > > 3. Not directly related to the above, but insights would be helpful: > > I have a problem with the gspca Webcam driver - when trying to use any > application using a Webcam, the process gets stuck and cannot be killed > (i.e. the problem is in the driver). The problem seems to be associated > with the video card/driver, because in another PC (with an ATI driver), > the gspca driver and Webcam work OK. Can you post your kernel log? (dmesg) > > Does anyone know anything about this problem? I already asked the gspca > developer and in some IRC forums - but found no help there. > > --- Omer - Gilboa ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
