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 _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
