--- On Tue, 2/24/09, Andrew McNabb <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 11:15:09AM -0800, Gary Thornock wrote: >> >> Has anyone ever successfully set up dual monitors using the >> open source nv driver in X.org? > > The nv driver has all kinds of problems and doesn't even > support RandR 1.2. I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure it > doesn't work with dual monitors. However, the Nouveau driver > has been making great progress. I don't know if it's available > for FreeBSD, but I've had pretty good luck with it on Linux. > Anyway, with Nouveau, it should automatically detect the > displays, and you can use the xrandr command-line utility to > pick the orientation and placement of the monitors.
After a bit of xorg.conf work, it looks like nouveau will work well. Thanks! /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
