Lucas Sallovitz wrote:
Larry Meadors wrote:
..or you could use X on both. With a maximized terminal in the smaller
one. Probably a simpler setup. :-/
The problem with that is that AFAIK, X can handle different resolutions
but not different colordepths. I learned that when I wanted to put an
I have a dual-head setup. I used 'X -configure' to get the basics and then changed a few
things. Whenever I try to change the color depth, I get a hard-lock when I try to start X.
I want to both screens at 16bpp. Does anyone see anything wrong?
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I'm not a XConfig expert but my guess is that you don't have any modes
defined for Depth 16bpp on Screen0.
It looks like you have screen0 setup only to do 8bpp
On Mon, 2003-11-24 at 20:53, Andrew Gaffney wrote:
I have a dual-head setup. I used 'X -configure' to get the basics and then changed a
I would like to view your config file, if possible.
I'm trying to set twinview up to run a program (mythtv) over the TV-OUT
on my card, while maintaining my normal display.
My Card can do this (it's in the Windows-drivers), do I hope to get it
running on Linux.
On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 04:43,
I've finally figured out a use for my 2 video cards and monitors. I have a nice 17
attached to an AGP ATI Rage 128 (I say this like I should be proud of it) and a circa 1994
CTX 15 monitor hooked to a generic SiS card. What I want to do is run the console from my
small monitor with a 800x600 fb
..or you could use X on both. With a maximized terminal in the smaller
one. Probably a simpler setup. :-/
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/18/03 8:52 AM
I've finally figured out a use for my 2 video cards and monitors. I have
a nice 17
attached to an AGP ATI Rage 128 (I say this like I should be proud of
Larry Meadors wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/18/03 8:52 AM
I've finally figured out a use for my 2 video cards and monitors. I have
a nice 17
attached to an AGP ATI Rage 128 (I say this like I should be proud of
it) and a circa 1994
CTX 15 monitor hooked to a generic SiS card. What I want to do is
I will only be doing text-based work on the smaller monitor. There is no reason for
me to
kill resources running X twice. I have a problem of not getting work done because
there
are DVDs I'd rather watch. This way, I can have a movie going on the big monitor and
be
getting my work
Larry Meadors wrote:
..or you could use X on both. With a maximized terminal in the smaller
one. Probably a simpler setup. :-/
The problem with that is that AFAIK, X can handle different resolutions
but not different colordepths. I learned that when I wanted to put an
old vga card next to a
Andrew Gaffney wrote:
I will only be doing text-based work on the smaller monitor. There is no
reason for me to kill resources running X twice. I have a problem of not
getting work done because there are DVDs I'd rather watch. This way, I
can have a movie going on the big monitor and be getting
On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 12:25:10PM -0400, Jeff MacDonald wrote:
I will only be doing text-based work on the smaller monitor. There is no reason
for me to
kill resources running X twice. I have a problem of not getting work done because
there
are DVDs I'd rather watch. This way, I can
On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 07:54, Alan wrote:
As far as i understand it does not run x twice, rather it runs one
instance of x, with a wider screen.
I've only run it this way (via nvidia twinview, their version of
xinerama)
Nvidia seems to offer a best-of-both-worlds solution; using what they
On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 10:03, Andrew Gaffney wrote:
As for Xinerama, can any recommend a good doc on setting it up? Thanks.
The canonical reference is:
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Xinerama-HOWTO/
Cheers,
AfC
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Australia: +61 2
Andrew Cowie wrote:
On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 10:03, Andrew Gaffney wrote:
As for Xinerama, can any recommend a good doc on setting it up? Thanks.
The canonical reference is:
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Xinerama-HOWTO/
That thread was a month and a half ago! Anyway, thanks for the link :)
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Andrew
googled and found this:
http://www.ssc.com/pipermail/linux-list/1999-November/043249.html
On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 16:46, Mark Knecht wrote:
Hi,
I think this should be quite possible with a tricky bit of configuration.
If I had a single PC with a dual head graphics adapter, and then two
googled and found this:
http://www.ssc.com/pipermail/linux-list/1999-November/043249.html
That's a great help. Thanks Corey!
- Mark
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Hi,
I think this should be quite possible with a tricky bit of configuration.
If I had a single PC with a dual head graphics adapter, and then two
keyboards and two mice (possibly one mouse and keyboard are USB, or possibly
both) should it be possible to take a single fast machine and let
It is rumored that on Thu, 18 Sep 2003 17:18:09 -0500
Andrew Gaffney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I just installed a 2nd video card in my box and hooked up a 2nd monitor.
Now, what cool things can I do? :) I was thinking about using the 2nd
monitor to extend my X desktop, but I don't know if
I just installed a 2nd video card in my box and hooked up a 2nd monitor.
Now, what cool things can I do? :) I was thinking about using the 2nd
monitor to extend my X desktop, but I don't know if that will work. My
primary is a nice 17 that I run at 1024x768. The 2nd one is a wimpy 15
that can
On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 15:18:09 -0700, Andrew Gaffney muttered:
I just installed a 2nd video card in my box and hooked up a 2nd monitor.
Now, what cool things can I do? :) I was thinking about using the 2nd
monitor to extend my X desktop, but I don't know if that will work. My
primary is a
On Thu, 2003-09-18 at 18:18, Andrew Gaffney wrote:
I just installed a 2nd video card in my box and hooked up a 2nd monitor.
Now, what cool things can I do? :) I was thinking about using the 2nd
monitor to extend my X desktop, but I don't know if that will work. My
primary is a nice 17 that
Hi,
I have been trying to get a Matrox 450 to run two ViewSonic 17
on my new gentoo system with no luck :( the card gets detected correctly
the framebuffers allocated fb0, fb1 I have edited XF86Config as
per instructions found on the web but initially starting kdm the two
screens are just copies,
On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 08:53, Frank R Callaghan wrote:
I have been trying to get a Matrox 450 to run two ViewSonic 17
on my new gentoo system with no luck :( the card gets detected correctly
the framebuffers allocated fb0, fb1 I have edited XF86Config as
per instructions found on the web but
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On Thursday 28 August 2003 08:53, Frank R Callaghan wrote:
Hi,
I have been trying to get a Matrox 450 to run two ViewSonic 17
on my new gentoo system with no luck :( the card gets detected correctly
the framebuffers allocated fb0, fb1 I have
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