Connecting more than one display to the same PC
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. - 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. 2. Is there any problem using two different video cards (say, nVidia and ATI) in the same PC? 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. Does anyone know anything about this problem? I already asked the gspca developer and in some IRC forums - but found no help there. --- Omer -- Delay is the deadliest form of denial.C. Northcote Parkinson My own blog is at http://www.zak.co.il/tddpirate/ My opinions, as expressed in this E-mail message, are mine alone. They do not represent the official policy of any organization with which I may be affiliated in any way. WARNING TO SPAMMERS: at http://www.zak.co.il/spamwarning.html = 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]
Centralized Authentication With CentOS
Hi, I have to set up Centralized Authentication for a couple of data center that will consist of 100+ servers. The servers will all be RHEL or CentOS. No windows machines :-) The solution should also be RHEL, or preferably CentOS based. I have been leaning towards a manual setup of: LDAP + NSS + Kerberos Something along the lines of these (2005) articles: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8374 http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8375 (IYHO do those 3 year old articles seem a safe/sane place to start?) I/we prefer a solution that we can "own", particularly regarding familiarity with the internals and all the benefits that will provide. However from the looks of it a home grown solution does seem a bit daunting and my time frame is limited. I am aware that in the last few months there have been at least two threads dealing with Centralized Authentication (in December: "NIS vs LDAP" and in February: "AD Integration/Replacement") However both of those threads had a leaning towards Windows or mixed networks. I'm open to suggestions. TIA Chaim
Re: Connecting more than one display to the same PC
I had 4 displays connected to my linux machine - unfortunately, they were 4 not-so-good PCI video cards, and my computer spent all its time writing to the PCI bus - Usable, but slow. So, I dedicated the linux machine to just managing the displays, and I worked using XDMCP from a different server. That worked great. Again, that was with bad video cards and a not-so-powerful computer. Your mileage may vary. -mike On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 11:54 PM, Omer Zak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. > - 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. > > 2. Is there any problem using two different video cards (say, nVidia and > ATI) in the same PC? > > 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. > > Does anyone know anything about this problem? I already asked the gspca > developer and in some IRC forums - but found no help there. > > --- Omer > -- > Delay is the deadliest form of denial.C. Northcote Parkinson > My own blog is at http://www.zak.co.il/tddpirate/ > > My opinions, as expressed in this E-mail message, are mine alone. > They do not represent the official policy of any organization with which > I may be affiliated in any way. > WARNING TO SPAMMERS: at http://www.zak.co.il/spamwarning.html > > > = > 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] > > = 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]
