Re: Anyone using two monitors as extended desktop under FreeBSD??
On Tue, 29 Sep 2009, Adam Vande More wrote: That looks like a simple splitter that will just send the same signal to both monitors. They would both display the same image, not an extended desktop. That's what I thought too prior to hooking it up and trying it. Since then, I found DVI is able to detect separate output devices and send the appropriate signal to each device. Interesting. The DVI pinout shows that it has two sets of digital signals, so this cable probably just splits them out to a connector each for link 1 and link 2. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Anyone using two monitors as extended desktop under FreeBSD??
Great! I didn know that DVI was that clever!!! thats great news, as a splitter for 6 is much cheaper than any other tool... Well the HD7200... is a PCI-E card... (not sure if is 7200 but is from HD7xxx series), with DVI. 2009/9/29 Adam Vande More : > > > On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 9:03 AM, Warren Block wrote: >> >> On Tue, 29 Sep 2009, Jeronimo Calvo wrote: >> >>> Im thinking to get a second monitor to use with my 7.2 STABLE >>> workstation and my ati card using the following splitter: >>> >>> >>> http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Peripherals/Cabling/HDMI%2FMonitor+Cables/DVI+Splitter+Cable+?productId=17127 >> >> That looks like a simple splitter that will just send the same signal to >> both monitors. They would both display the same image, not an extended >> desktop. > > That's what I thought too prior to hooking it up and trying it. Since then, > I found DVI is able to detect separate output devices and send the > appropriate signal to each device. > >> >>> There is someone currently using any config like this? In this case >>> can you tell me a little bit about the experience? >>> >>> My current GUI is KDE 3.5, and the Graphic card is a ATI HD7200, >> >> HD2700, maybe built into a notebook? >> >> -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA >> ___ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > > > > -- > Adam Vande More > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Anyone using two monitors as extended desktop under FreeBSD??
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 9:03 AM, Warren Block wrote: > On Tue, 29 Sep 2009, Jeronimo Calvo wrote: > > Im thinking to get a second monitor to use with my 7.2 STABLE >> workstation and my ati card using the following splitter: >> >> >> http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Peripherals/Cabling/HDMI%2FMonitor+Cables/DVI+Splitter+Cable+?productId=17127 >> > > That looks like a simple splitter that will just send the same signal to > both monitors. They would both display the same image, not an extended > desktop. That's what I thought too prior to hooking it up and trying it. Since then, I found DVI is able to detect separate output devices and send the appropriate signal to each device. > > > There is someone currently using any config like this? In this case >> can you tell me a little bit about the experience? >> >> My current GUI is KDE 3.5, and the Graphic card is a ATI HD7200, >> > > HD2700, maybe built into a notebook? > > -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA > > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > -- Adam Vande More ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Anyone using two monitors as extended desktop under FreeBSD??
On Tue, 29 Sep 2009, Jeronimo Calvo wrote: Im thinking to get a second monitor to use with my 7.2 STABLE workstation and my ati card using the following splitter: http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Peripherals/Cabling/HDMI%2FMonitor+Cables/DVI+Splitter+Cable+?productId=17127 That looks like a simple splitter that will just send the same signal to both monitors. They would both display the same image, not an extended desktop. There is someone currently using any config like this? In this case can you tell me a little bit about the experience? My current GUI is KDE 3.5, and the Graphic card is a ATI HD7200, HD2700, maybe built into a notebook? -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Anyone using two monitors as extended desktop under FreeBSD??
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 8:51 AM, Jeronimo Calvo < jeronimocal...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Im thinking to get a second monitor to use with my 7.2 STABLE > workstation and my ati card using the following splitter: > > > http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Peripherals/Cabling/HDMI%2FMonitor+Cables/DVI+Splitter+Cable+?productId=17127 > > There is someone currently using any config like this? I am except with nvidia. It's how the dell optiplex 960 ships. > In this case > can you tell me a little bit about the experience? > No different than any other dual head setup on FreeBSD. Depends on what driver you'll be using but even standard ati + xrandr will provide what you're looking for. > > My current GUI is KDE 3.5, and the Graphic card is a ATI HD7200, > > Cheers! > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > -- Adam Vande More ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Anyone using two monitors as extended desktop under FreeBSD??
Im thinking to get a second monitor to use with my 7.2 STABLE workstation and my ati card using the following splitter: http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Peripherals/Cabling/HDMI%2FMonitor+Cables/DVI+Splitter+Cable+?productId=17127 There is someone currently using any config like this? In this case can you tell me a little bit about the experience? My current GUI is KDE 3.5, and the Graphic card is a ATI HD7200, Cheers! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
