Re: [newbie] Good AGP card
Aaron deRozario wrote: How many of G400 Max features are supported by the Xfree86 drivers? I know they have been talking about multi-headed support for dual monitors/cards for their next release, but do the current drivers support dual monitors? Does anyone know if either the current or future Xfree86 drivers for the G400 will allow dual monitor support so that I can view desktop 1 on monitor A and desktop 2 on monitor B? Likewise does anyone know how long before it will be possible to have 2 monitors, 2 keyboards and 2 mouse set up on a single Linux machine, allowing either 2 users to use the machine, or to allow 1 user to have simultaneous control over 2 desktops? There are already ways to do this without the desktop clutter of a pair of keyboards and mice! Using the virtual consoles, you can have quite a few separate login sessions going. Same for X. Both KDE and GNOME support the notion of virtual desktops, allowing you to switch from screen to screen quickly. If you'd prefer for the two graphical sessions to be for different users, something like "startx -- display :1" should work (not completely positive on that command line -- the concept does work). In a "low tech" way, you can always attach a terminal to the serial port and have users logon that way -- I've got a VT100 terminal on my desktop that I use quite frequently. Put in one of those multi-port serial cards and you could have quite a few of them attached to the machine. There are applications and uses of a computer that would benefit from both kinds of setup. And that's one of the things that REALLY drives me nuts when I'm using Windows at work -- I keep hitting Ctrl-Alt-F2 to get a text terminal, only to find there isn't one! Trying to start another graphical session is the same way. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Good AGP card
Check out the Matrox Millenium G400 Max, it's now supported, renders in 32 bits and has TV out, dual monitor support. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 8:46 PM Subject: [newbie] Good AGP card I am looking for a good AGP card to replace my aging Viper V330. (Plus i need room for an ethernet card:) I have about $180 to spend, and no more. I would like something that can render in 32bits (ie. not a Voodoo3). I was looking at a Diamond Stealth III S540 w/ the new Savage 4 chip. Any comments would be great. Thanks, Jerrud
RE: [newbie] Good AGP card
How many of G400 Max features are supported by the Xfree86 drivers? I know they have been talking about multi-headed support for dual monitors/cards for their next release, but do the current drivers support dual monitors? Does anyone know if either the current or future Xfree86 drivers for the G400 will allow dual monitor support so that I can view desktop 1 on monitor A and desktop 2 on monitor B? Likewise does anyone know how long before it will be possible to have 2 monitors, 2 keyboards and 2 mouse set up on a single Linux machine, allowing either 2 users to use the machine, or to allow 1 user to have simultaneous control over 2 desktops? There are applications and uses of a computer that would benefit from both kinds of setup. Just wondering Aaron -Original Message- From: Randolph Way [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 25 August 1999 9:32 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Good AGP card Check out the Matrox Millenium G400 Max, it's now supported, renders in 32 bits and has TV out, dual monitor support. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 8:46 PM Subject: [newbie] Good AGP card I am looking for a good AGP card to replace my aging Viper V330. (Plus i need room for an ethernet card:) I have about $180 to spend, and no more. I would like something that can render in 32bits (ie. not a Voodoo3). I was looking at a Diamond Stealth III S540 w/ the new Savage 4 chip. Any comments would be great. Thanks, Jerrud
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am looking for a good AGP card to replace my aging Viper V330. (Plus i need room for an ethernet card:) I have about $180 to spend, and no more. I would like something that can render in 32bits (ie. not a Voodoo3). I was looking at a Diamond Stealth III S540 w/ the new Savage 4 chip. Any comments would be great. Thanks, Jerrud I don't believe XFree86 (3.3.3.1 or 3.3.4) supports the Savage 4 chip. When 3.3.5 comes out (soon) I believe it is expected to support the #4. Mike Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] Good AGP card
I have had very good luck with tnt based cards. No real problems getting set up and will go very high res. Rick Murphy wrote: On Mon, 23 Aug 1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am looking for a good AGP card to replace my aging Viper V330. (Plus i need room for an ethernet card:) I have about $180 to spend, and no more. I would like something that can render in 32bits (ie. not a Voodoo3). I was looking at a Diamond Stealth III S540 w/ the new Savage 4 chip. Any comments would be great. Thanks, Jerrud I've bought a savage4 but I haven't installed it in my daughters computer. I'm not sure there are drivers for linux yet. I upgraded my computer from a viper 330 to a matrox G-200. I bought the matrox for $29. It is an agp card and works great with linux. I've had no problems at all with it and the quality of the graphics is outstanding. I've upgraded it to 16 meg. Linux picked it right up and installed it with no problem. I'm running it in an asus ss7 p5a with an amd KIII 450. The matrox has my recommendation and is a card you should consider. Rick "Mulerider" Murphy -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea." JB
