Re: Lenovo ThinkCentre M92p driving two monitors.

2022-12-29 Thread peter
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Re: Lenovo ThinkCentre M92p driving two monitors.

2022-12-28 Thread Felix Miata
.ebay.ca/itm/134137803289 > The distinction between manual switching of one display between two > monitors and one display simultaneously on two monitors isn't stated > well in the descriptions. Manual switching won't help. AFICT, Bi-Direction is a misnomer as applied to those

Re: Lenovo ThinkCentre M92p driving two monitors.

2022-12-28 Thread peter
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Re: Lenovo ThinkCentre M92p driving two monitors.

2022-12-28 Thread Felix Miata
Anssi Saari composed on 2022-12-28 09:50 (UTC+0200): > Felix Miata wrote: >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisplayPort#Multi-Stream_Transport_(MST) is >> the way. > I wonder if that works in Linux since the wikipedia article doesn't say, > only that it works in unspecified Windows and not in Ma

Re: Lenovo ThinkCentre M92p driving two monitors.

2022-12-27 Thread Anssi Saari
Felix Miata writes: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisplayPort#Multi-Stream_Transport_(MST) is the > way. I wonder if that works in Linux since the wikipedia article doesn't say, only that it works in unspecified Windows and not in MacOS 10.15 Catalina. Not that I have any displays with the re

Re: Lenovo ThinkCentre M92p driving two monitors.

2022-12-27 Thread Felix Miata
ge in finding a way to connect two monitors to the one DP++? DVI doesn't carry audio. DP does. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisplayPort#Multi-Stream_Transport_(MST) is the way. -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/

Lenovo ThinkCentre M92p driving two monitors.

2022-12-27 Thread peter
An M92p has a DisplayPort (DP++) connector and a VGA connector. An old VGA monitor can be connected directly. Any advice about choosing an adapter to connect DP++ to the DVI connector on a 2nd monitor? Any advantage in finding a way to connect two monitors to the one DP++? Thanks

SDDM display manager, two monitors out of order

2022-12-24 Thread Teemu Likonen
I have two monitors side by side and they work nicely on my KDE Plasma desktop session. However, in SDDM display manager (login screen) the monitors are in wrong order. Below is a picture of the two situations. Arrows in the picture show how the mouse cursor travels from screen to screen. You

Re: two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-11-21 Thread Eric S Fraga
On Thursday, 16 Nov 2017 at 08:45, Don Armstrong wrote: [...] > I *think* you should be able to use Reverse PRIME if you do the > following: > > xrandr --setprovideroutputsource 1 0; > > and then xrandr --query; should show the other source. Not sure what Reverse PRIME means but, in any case, yo

Re: two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-11-17 Thread Eric S Fraga
On Thursday, 16 Nov 2017 at 08:45, Don Armstrong wrote: [...] > I *think* you should be able to use Reverse PRIME if you do the > following: [+] > > xrandr --setprovideroutputsource 1 0; > > and then xrandr --query; should show the other source. I'll give this a try next week (travelling again u

Re: two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-11-16 Thread Don Armstrong
g and reporting both cards, and then have Source/Sink output support. > but only two monitors are found/configured. I *think* you should be able to use Reverse PRIME if you do the following: xrandr --setprovideroutputsource 1 0; and then xrandr --query; should show the other source. [The

Re: two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-11-15 Thread Eric S Fraga
On Wednesday, 15 Nov 2017 at 05:15, Felix Miata wrote: > Eric S Fraga composed on 2017-11-03 14:22 (UTC): > >> I am trying to get a similar system configure with Debian testing/buster >> and not getting anywhere beyond having two monitors on a single card >> recognised.

Re: two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-11-15 Thread Felix Miata
Eric S Fraga composed on 2017-11-03 14:22 (UTC): > I am trying to get a similar system configure with Debian testing/buster > and not getting anywhere beyond having two monitors on a single card > recognised. Is this a first try (has this ever worked before trying with Buster)? >

Re: two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-11-15 Thread Eric S Fraga
xrandr --listproviders Providers: number : 2 Provider 0: id: 0xc3 cap: 0x7, Source Output, Sink Output, Source Offload crtcs: 4 outputs: 2 associated providers: 0 name:nouveau Provider 1: id: 0x64 cap: 0x7, Source Output, Sink Output, Source Offload crtcs: 2 outputs: 3 associated providers: 0 name:

Re: two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-11-14 Thread Don Armstrong
On Tue, 14 Nov 2017, Eric S Fraga wrote: > On Friday, 3 Nov 2017 at 11:19, Don Armstrong wrote: > > What happens if you run xrandr --output DVI-I-1-2 --auto; ? > > $ xrandr --output DVI-I-1-2 --auto > warning: output DVI-I-1-2 not found; ignoring This looks like xrandr isn't seeing the second ca

Re: two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-11-14 Thread Eric S Fraga
On Friday, 3 Nov 2017 at 11:19, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Fri, 03 Nov 2017, Eric S Fraga wrote: >> I am trying to get a similar system configure with Debian testing/buster >> and not getting anywhere beyond having two monitors on a single card > >> recognised. I have thre

Re: two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-11-03 Thread Don Armstrong
On Fri, 03 Nov 2017, Eric S Fraga wrote: > I am trying to get a similar system configure with Debian testing/buster > and not getting anywhere beyond having two monitors on a single card > recognised. I have three monitors, two on first card and 1 on second > card. Only the ones

Re: two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-11-03 Thread Eric S Fraga
On Sunday, 1 Jan 2017 at 22:03, jurek wrote: > How to use two graphics cards and two monitors on nouveau driver.I > have Nvidia gtx 650 ti boost and Nvidia gt 240 card. Did you get anywhere with this? I am trying to get a similar system configure with Debian testing/buster and not g

Re: two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-01-10 Thread Ric Moore
le to work for you. xrandr should work nicely with proprietary Nvidia drivers too. I've two different Nvidia Geforce cards (one several years old and one new). xrandr sees all monitor outputs, so configuring card for two monitors is just a single xrandr command. I never had the two Nvidia

Re: two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-01-10 Thread Teemu Likonen
xrandr should work nicely with proprietary Nvidia drivers too. I've two different Nvidia Geforce cards (one several years old and one new). xrandr sees all monitor outputs, so configuring card for two monitors is just a single xrandr command. I never had the two Nvidia cards connected simultaneous

Re: two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-01-10 Thread Dan Ritter
xcept plug in the > right cable at both ends to do that. So clearly, out of the box the same > image is being fed to all ports. Any way to find out if it is capable of > being cleverer than that? I would expect it to be able to drive two monitors with different pictures, and possibly th

Re: two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-01-10 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Wed, Jan 04, 2017 at 10:43:10PM -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > Mark Fletcher composed on 2017-01-04 23:30 (UTC+0900): > > >I've seen several people say or imply this in the past. But I have an > >ignorant question I am almost too embarrassed to ask (almost). Most > >normal cards have only one conn

Re: two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-01-04 Thread Felix Miata
Mark Fletcher composed on 2017-01-04 23:30 (UTC+0900): I've seen several people say or imply this in the past. But I have an ignorant question I am almost too embarrassed to ask (almost). Most normal cards have only one connector of each type. AFAIK, those with only one standard connector, unles

Re: two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-01-04 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 9:30 AM, Mark Fletcher wrote: > On Tue, Jan 03, 2017 at 09:37:00AM -0500, Ric Moore wrote: >> On 01/01/2017 04:03 PM, jurek wrote: >> >How to use two graphics cards and two monitors on nouveau driver.I have >> >Nvidia gtx 650 ti boost and Nvidi

Re: two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-01-04 Thread Dan Ritter
On Wed, Jan 04, 2017 at 11:30:11PM +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote: > On Tue, Jan 03, 2017 at 09:37:00AM -0500, Ric Moore wrote: > > On 01/01/2017 04:03 PM, jurek wrote: > > >How to use two graphics cards and two monitors on nouveau driver.I have > > >Nvidia gtx 650 ti b

Re: two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-01-04 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Tue, Jan 03, 2017 at 09:37:00AM -0500, Ric Moore wrote: > On 01/01/2017 04:03 PM, jurek wrote: > >How to use two graphics cards and two monitors on nouveau driver.I have > >Nvidia gtx 650 ti boost and Nvidia gt 240 card. > > > > I agree with the comment that you can

Re: two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-01-03 Thread Ric Moore
On 01/01/2017 04:03 PM, jurek wrote: How to use two graphics cards and two monitors on nouveau driver.I have Nvidia gtx 650 ti boost and Nvidia gt 240 card. I agree with the comment that you can use just one video card for two monitors. I run two IDENTICAL nvidia cards with 4 monitors, using

Re: two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-01-01 Thread Teemu Likonen
jurek [2017-01-01 22:03:57+01] wrote: > How to use two graphics cards and two monitors on nouveau driver.I have > Nvidia gtx 650 ti boost and Nvidia gt 240 card. See "xrandr" command's output. It may already show your display outputs. If so, then maybe something like: x

Re: two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-01-01 Thread Gary Dale
On 01/01/17 04:03 PM, jurek wrote: How to use two graphics cards and two monitors on nouveau driver.I have Nvidia gtx 650 ti boost and Nvidia gt 240 card. nouveau version : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.11-1 amd64 X.Org X server -- Nouveau display driver lspci -v | grep NVIDIA 01:00.0

Re: two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-01-01 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2017-01-01 22:03 +0100, jurek wrote: > How to use two graphics cards and two monitors on nouveau driver.I > have Nvidia gtx 650 ti boost and Nvidia gt 240 card. I'm not quite sure why you use such a setup, a single card would be fine for two monitors. Anyway, please consult the N

two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-01-01 Thread jurek
How to use two graphics cards and two monitors on nouveau driver.I have Nvidia gtx 650 ti boost and Nvidia gt 240 card. nouveau version : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.11-1 amd64 X.Org X server -- Nouveau display driver lspci -v | grep NVIDIA 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA

Re: Two monitors on a Matrox G450.

2014-12-13 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 13 December 2014 05:47:25 Ric Moore wrote: > Our computers are the worst of > mistresses. Logical, consistent, predictable, biddable ... oh yes, and demanding. ;-) Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

Re: Two monitors on a Matrox G450.

2014-12-12 Thread Ric Moore
On 12/12/2014 09:34 PM, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: From: Ric Moore Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 16:37:09 -0500 Is this in a desktop machine? Can you remove the board? If so, is there a window nearby? Then, open the window and throw that board out. :) Will aim for a recycling bin about 2 km distant.

Re: Two monitors on a Matrox G450.

2014-12-12 Thread peter
From: Ric Moore Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 16:37:09 -0500 > Is this in a desktop machine? > Can you remove the board? > If so, is there a window nearby? > Then, open the window and throw that board out. :) Will aim for a recycling bin about 2 km distant. > Older nVidia boards, ten times as capable a

Re: Two monitors on a Matrox G450.

2014-12-11 Thread Sven Hartge
Ric Moore wrote: > Didja try here?: > http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/support/drivers/download/?id=143 > (this is from 2006) This contains the HAL I was talking about. >From the README: , | A working installation of XFree86 4.3.0, and X.org versions 6.7.0, | 6.8.0, 6.8.1, 6.8.2, 6.9.0, 7

Re: Two monitors on a Matrox G450.

2014-12-11 Thread Ric Moore
window and throw that board out. :) Older nVidia boards, ten times as capable as that Matrox device, go for $20, or less, all day long. I had a very old 5200 running two monitors. It was shaky as merry hell, but it worked. Didja try here?: http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/support/drivers

Re: Two monitors on a Matrox G450.

2014-12-11 Thread Sven Hartge
pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > A CRT monitor and an IBM flat monitor are connected to a Matrox G450 > adapter. Both monitors display the command line interface. With X > running, the monitor on output 1 is active; the monitor on output 2 > indicates absence of signal. If the monitors are swapped ac

Two monitors on a Matrox G450.

2014-12-11 Thread peter
A CRT monitor and an IBM flat monitor are connected to a Matrox G450 adapter. Both monitors display the command line interface. With X running, the monitor on output 1 is active; the monitor on output 2 indicates absence of signal. If the monitors are swapped across the output connectors, o

spanning workspace switcher across two monitors

2012-10-29 Thread Patrick
Hello Everyone I have used a large number of debian derivatives and unstable but I have never run stable. I am very happy with it and only have one more obstacle to overcome to have the perfect set up. I am one overloaded Dad! I have many things on the go at once. I prefer to use 60+ work

Strange problem when using two monitors (dual view) with Xorg

2008-04-02 Thread Adrian Christiansen
I've been trying to make my brand new second hand tft work as a second monitor to my Ibm Thinkpad T23. The Thinkpad T23 has S3 Inc. SuperSavage IX/C SDR (xorg does support duaview with this chip). My Thinkpad got the latest bios updates, I'm running latest X.org found in unstable (1:7.3+10). The p

Re: Two Monitors + 1 CPU on Debian

2004-05-31 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya On Mon, 31 May 2004, Vijaya wrote: > Hi all, > > Can anyone help in configuring two monitors from one CPU on Linux > distribution preferrably on Debian nope ... ( gonna have some fun ) - i assuem you mean one system instead of 1 cpu, because it doesn't matter if you

Re: Two Monitors + 1 CPU on Debian

2004-05-31 Thread Kent West
Vijaya wrote: Hi all, Can anyone help in configuring two monitors from one CPU on Linux distribution preferrably on Debian Regards, Vijaya http://desktops.linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/10/05/025207&mode=thread&tid=23&tid=24 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Two Monitors + 1 CPU on Debian

2004-05-31 Thread Vijaya
Hi all, Can anyone help in configuring two monitors from one CPU on Linux distribution preferrably on Debian Regards, Vijaya -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Setting up one machine with two monitors, keyboards and mice

2003-07-02 Thread Shri Shrikumar
Hi All, I just upgraded my machine and would like to try something new. I have a spare pci slot, graphics card and monitor. I am thinking about buying a usb keyboard and mouse. What I would like to do is setup the second monitor keyboard and mouse to work like a second machine. With my basic und

X problems with two monitors

2002-09-24 Thread Andre Fassbender
Hello all, i have two monitors (2x 1024x768) on my debian 3.0 with X 4.1.0.1 and WindowMaker 0.80.0. I configured the xinerama mode and most all works properly. When i set a scaled backround picture its being resized to 2048x768 but the right monitor shows the same "left part" of t

Re: Two monitors on one machine...

2001-07-16 Thread Oleksandr Moskalenko
* Darryl L. Pierce ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > How do I setup X to use two monitors on one machine? The system has a Matrox > Millenium G400 32MB video card with two video ports on it. > > -- > Darryl L. Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The Infobahn Offramp <http://welc

Two monitors on one machine...

2001-07-16 Thread Darryl L. Pierce
How do I setup X to use two monitors on one machine? The system has a Matrox Millenium G400 32MB video card with two video ports on it. -- Darryl L. Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Infobahn Offramp <http://welcome.to/mcpierce> I am the painting on the canvas; I am the painter, the on

Re: Two monitors (dual heads) on a single box?

2000-03-24 Thread Colin Watson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter S Galbraith) wrote: >John Stevenson wrote: >> I know that it is possible, not exactly sure how though. I >> know that if you look into the framebuffer stuff of XFree, then >> it talks about having dual monitors for the same desktop. > >> Sorry I cant be of much help, but

Re: Two monitors (dual heads) on a single box?

2000-03-24 Thread Peter S Galbraith
John Stevenson wrote: > I know that it is possible, not exactly sure how though. I > know that if you look into the framebuffer stuff of XFree, then > it talks about having dual monitors for the same desktop. > Sorry I cant be of much help, but the XFree docs should have > something. Have a l

Two monitors (dual heads) on a single box?

2000-03-24 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Is it possible to run two monitors using two video cards on one box? If so, I presume you run two XServers (one for each). How do you switch input focus (mouse and keyboard) from one to the other? (Video cards are a Diamond Viper V550 16 MB and an older Matrox Millenium 2MB; both run on the

Re: two monitors

1999-09-25 Thread Oleg Krivosheev
hi, Ok guys -- I have a second monitor, and wouldn't mind buying a second video card if it would allow me to use two monitors at the same time. I don't know where to start looking for information on this. as usual http://www.xfree86.org My current video card is an AGP

Re: two monitors

1999-09-25 Thread Evan Van Dyke
Seth R Arnold wrote: > > Ok guys -- I have a second monitor, and wouldn't mind buying a second video > card if it would allow me to use two monitors at the same time. I don't know > where to start looking for information on this. > > My current video card is an AG

Re: two monitors

1999-09-25 Thread Herbert Ho
at, 25 Sep 1999, Seth R Arnold wrote: > Ok guys -- I have a second monitor, and wouldn't mind buying a second video > card if it would allow me to use two monitors at the same time. I don't know > where to start looking for information on this. > > My current video c

two monitors

1999-09-25 Thread Seth R Arnold
Ok guys -- I have a second monitor, and wouldn't mind buying a second video card if it would allow me to use two monitors at the same time. I don't know where to start looking for information on this. My current video card is an AGP ATI [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am running XFree86 Mach64 3.

Re: two keyboards, two monitors, two users, one processor?

1998-02-27 Thread shaul
> This is exceedingly odd. As a power engineer in training I would say > somebody did a really rotten job designing the power supply in one of your > machines. Was there any other equipment on either of the machines's > outlets? Poor power regulation aside, I don't see how a phase difference > a

Re: two keyboards, two monitors, two users, one processor?

1998-02-27 Thread Charles Briscoe-Smith
n't mind a small amount of lag, it even works acceptably fast over a 115.2kbps wire! However, if I was doing this for any other purpose than proof of concept, it would hardly be worth not paying 20 pounds each for a couple of cheap network cards. >It is easy to plug in two mice, dodgy to pl

Re: two keyboards, two monitors, two users, one processor?

1998-02-26 Thread Wojciech Zabolotny
This discussion starts to be out of list's topic, sorry. I'll send further responses only by e-mail. If the power instalation is properly designed, it should be no problem. However I, personally, would always prefere two have an additional "zero current" ground wire dedicated for computers only. A

Re: two monitors

1998-02-26 Thread Remco Blaakmeer
On Tue, 24 Feb 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am trying to get an old mda (hercules compatible?) card going together > with a Matrox Millenium on an ASUS P55T4P2 motherboard. On my quest, I have > found two ways to do this, one of which almost works---a "multimon" kernel > patch that has compi

Re: two keyboards, two monitors, two users, one processor?

1998-02-26 Thread Daniel Barclay
> From: Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Tue, 24 Feb 1998, Wojciech Zabolotny wrote: > > > > On 24 Feb 1998, Carey Evans wrote: > > ... > > However using the null modem cable one must be very carefull about power > > supply! Sometimes it is possible to destroy serial ports, when two > > comput

Re: two keyboards, two monitors, two users, one processor?

1998-02-26 Thread Britton
On Tue, 24 Feb 1998, Wojciech Zabolotny wrote: > > On 24 Feb 1998, Carey Evans wrote: > > > Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > On 23 Feb 1998, Carey Evans wrote: > > > > [snip] > > > > > I think most X apps would run tolerably over a null modem cable. If I > > > understand these g

Re: two keyboards, two monitors, two users, one processor?

1998-02-25 Thread Christian Lynbech on satellite
>>>>> "Carey" == Carey Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Carey> It is easy to plug in two mice, dodgy to plug in two monitors, Carey> but pretty much impossible to plug in two keyboards at the Carey> moment, IMO. Wouldn't it be sort of possible to

two monitors

1998-02-24 Thread adavis
I am trying to get an old mda (hercules compatible?) card going together with a Matrox Millenium on an ASUS P55T4P2 motherboard. On my quest, I have found two ways to do this, one of which almost works---a "multimon" kernel patch that has compiled cleanly on 2.0.33. A second approach is called "m

Re: two keyboards, two monitors, two users, one processor?

1998-02-24 Thread Carey Evans
Wojciech Zabolotny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > However using the null modem cable one must be very carefull about power > supply! Sometimes it is possible to destroy serial ports, when two > computers are connected to the sockets powered from different phases. > I've done it :-(. You're probabl

Re: two keyboards, two monitors, two users, one processor?

1998-02-24 Thread Wojciech Zabolotny
On 24 Feb 1998, Carey Evans wrote: > Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On 23 Feb 1998, Carey Evans wrote: > > [snip] > > > I think most X apps would run tolerably over a null modem cable. If I > > understand these gadgets right, the can operate at the speed of the serial > > port, w

Re: two keyboards, two monitors, two users, one processor?

1998-02-24 Thread Carey Evans
Even over ppp (33k modem) many > apps function reasonably well. OK, you're probably right. I forgot how much faster a null-modem is than a 28.8K modem. > > It is easy to plug in two mice, dodgy to plug in two monitors, but > > pretty much impossible to plug in two keyboards

Re: two keyboards, two monitors, two users, one processor?

1998-02-24 Thread Britton
te at the speed of the serial port, which is about 120 kbps, I think. Even over ppp (33k modem) many apps function reasonably well. > (Just another option.) > > It is easy to plug in two mice, dodgy to plug in two monitors, but > pretty much impossible to plug in two keyboards at the

Re: two keyboards, two monitors, two users, one processor?

1998-02-24 Thread Britton
This question or ones very like it seem to come up fairly often. Of cource the critical (and hard) part is driving two video cards. It is possible. There was an article in LJ a bit ago describing the Metro-X X server, which can control multiple video cards (though they may have to be a particul

Re: two keyboards, two monitors, two users, one processor?

1998-02-23 Thread Ian Eure
ds for this, but setting up two computers > on a network under Linux is easier than some single-computer stuff. X > is probably too slow over serial. > > (Just another option.) > > It is easy to plug in two mice, dodgy to plug in two monitors, but > pretty much impossible to p

Re: two keyboards, two monitors, two users, one processor?

1998-02-23 Thread Carey Evans
some single-computer stuff. X is probably too slow over serial. (Just another option.) It is easy to plug in two mice, dodgy to plug in two monitors, but pretty much impossible to plug in two keyboards at the moment, IMO. -- Carey Evans http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/c.evans/

two keyboards, two monitors, two users, one processor?

1998-02-23 Thread Jameson Burt
I seek to use one computer with two full X-windows users. This would be a cheap in time/money approach for my wife and I simultaneously using Linux. I believe I could get a dummy terminal working through the serial port, then display on a second monitor (though I don't know any approach for a sec

Two-monitors

1998-02-17 Thread Richard L Shepherd
I have two video cards installed on my machine. I also have 2 monitors I'd like to have running. However I have not yet figured out how to get the system using the second video card. So far the only place I see any trace of the second one is in /proc/pci where it is listed as a PCI device. To p

Re: Two Monitors

1998-02-05 Thread Charles Briscoe-Smith
(Sorry for the delayed reply; I haven't been reading the Debian lists for a while.) There's a package in hamm called x2x which will take two separate X displays (e.g. :0 and :1) and allow you to move the mouse and keyboard focus between the two. You can either have a button to click which warps t

Re: Two Monitors

1998-01-21 Thread Brian K Servis
nce in this I am just passing this info on >On Tue, 20 Jan 1998, Richard L Shepherd wrote: > >> Has anyone any experience in using two monitors on one machine. I'm >> thinking particularly of X. I can get a second video card (which I guess >> is mandatory or there&#

Re: Two Monitors

1998-01-21 Thread tjferrell
On 20 Jan, Britton wrote: > > I read an article in LJ describing the Metro-X server (I think that was it > anyway), which can drive multiple video cards (though only with the right > cards). I don't know if Xfree has any support for this sort of thing, or > exactly how it would shake out with int

Re: Two Monitors

1998-01-21 Thread Britton
oo am interested in this. If you find anything else out let me know. On Tue, 20 Jan 1998, Richard L Shepherd wrote: > Has anyone any experience in using two monitors on one machine. I'm > thinking particularly of X. I can get a second video card (which I guess > is mandatory or there&#

Two Monitors

1998-01-19 Thread Richard L Shepherd
Has anyone any experience in using two monitors on one machine. I'm thinking particularly of X. I can get a second video card (which I guess is mandatory or there'd be nowhere to plug the second one in right?). What I'm really interested in is getting the tow side-by-side and