Hi,

On Monday 08 April 2002 11:49, Dr Andrew C Aitchison wrote:
> On Sun, 7 Apr 2002, Matthias Marks wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > i've got a Matrox G400 dualhead and i'd like to setup a rather _special_
> > configuration:
> > i want xfree on the first head and a plain text console (without xfree)
> > on the second head (btw, the second head is connected to a pal tv, if
> > that matters).
> >
> > Is the matrox driver capable of running such a setup or do i need some
> > other drivers ?
> >
> > Has anyone of you already setup a configuration like that ?
> >
> > Any help is strongly appreciated...
>
> Do you want the keyboard and mouse to belong to the text console
> or the X server ? Or do you have a second keyboard + mouse ?
>
...sorry for not being precise enough, actually i'd like to work with the 
same keyboard on both outputs (mouse just on X) and also i'd like to switch 
between X and text console with a shortcut like "ctrl+alt+F8"

> I think you can reorder the numbering of the heads on a matrox card
> (the X server uses Option "SwappedHead").
> If so you should be able to use the TV as your main head, and run
> something like
>       http://cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br/multiuser/
> as your Xserver on the main monitor, without affecting the text consoles.

I'll have a look at it, thx...
>
> You might need to use one of the Linux frame-buffer consoles to use
> the TV out as the console.

So long,

Matthias Marks
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