Re: Triple-head setup advice sought

2012-04-06 Thread Alex Deucher
On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 10:50 AM, Arian Sanusi wrote: > So you confirm that card does multihead stable? What resolution, kernel and > driver version do you use? > I am asking because I have a HD3200 IGP that does not, so I'd think that > comes from it being another generation device? Should work f

Re: Triple-head setup advice sought

2012-04-06 Thread Arian Sanusi
So you confirm that card does multihead stable? What resolution, kernel and driver version do you use? I am asking because I have a HD3200 IGP that does not, so I'd think that comes from it being another generation device? I'm using a cheap Radeon (HD5430 I think). Does the job, runs three head

Re: Triple-head setup advice sought

2012-04-06 Thread Alex Deucher
On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Alan Cox wrote: > On Fri, 6 Apr 2012 09:32:49 -0400 > Alex Deucher wrote: > >> On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 9:29 AM, Alan Cox wrote: >> >> can support more than two displays.  The only restriction is that only >> >> two non-displayport monitors are supported (all additi

Re: Triple-head setup advice sought

2012-04-06 Thread Alan Cox
On Fri, 6 Apr 2012 09:32:49 -0400 Alex Deucher wrote: > On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 9:29 AM, Alan Cox wrote: > >> can support more than two displays.  The only restriction is that only > >> two non-displayport monitors are supported (all additional monitors > >> must be displayport).  Depending on th

Re: Triple-head setup advice sought

2012-04-06 Thread Alex Deucher
On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 9:29 AM, Alan Cox wrote: >> can support more than two displays.  The only restriction is that only >> two non-displayport monitors are supported (all additional monitors >> must be displayport).  Depending on the asic, they support up to 4 or >> 6 independent monitors. > > T

Re: Triple-head setup advice sought

2012-04-06 Thread Alan Cox
> can support more than two displays. The only restriction is that only > two non-displayport monitors are supported (all additional monitors > must be displayport). Depending on the asic, they support up to 4 or > 6 independent monitors. This one has DVI, HDMI, VGA - and there are various other

Re: Triple-head setup advice sought

2012-04-06 Thread Alex Deucher
On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 9:20 AM, Alex Deucher wrote: > On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 7:07 AM, Ben Bucksch wrote: >> On 06.04.2012 12:23, Alan Cox wrote: >>> >>> I'm using a cheap Radeon (HD5430 I think). Does the job, runs three >>> heads. Probably useless for high end gaming but that wasn't on my >>> re

Re: Triple-head setup advice sought

2012-04-06 Thread Alex Deucher
On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 7:07 AM, Ben Bucksch wrote: > On 06.04.2012 12:23, Alan Cox wrote: >> >> I'm using a cheap Radeon (HD5430 I think). Does the job, runs three >> heads. Probably useless for high end gaming but that wasn't on my >> requirement list. > > > Thanks, Alan, for the recommendation.

Re: Triple-head setup advice sought

2012-04-06 Thread Alan Cox
On Fri, 06 Apr 2012 13:07:53 +0200 Ben Bucksch wrote: > On 06.04.2012 12:23, Alan Cox wrote: > > I'm using a cheap Radeon (HD5430 I think). Does the job, runs three > > heads. Probably useless for high end gaming but that wasn't on my > > requirement list. > > Thanks, Alan, for the recommendatio

Re: Triple-head setup advice sought

2012-04-06 Thread Christoph Rissner
On 04/06/2012 11:09 AM, martin f krafft wrote: > Dear X.org people, > > since XRandR still cannot handle multiple GPUs and it's getting > harder and harder to use Zaphod (performance, incompatibilities, > etc…), I would like to investigate new options. > > Julien said that there are 3+ head car

Re: Triple-head setup advice sought

2012-04-06 Thread Ben Bucksch
On 06.04.2012 12:23, Alan Cox wrote: I'm using a cheap Radeon (HD5430 I think). Does the job, runs three heads. Probably useless for high end gaming but that wasn't on my requirement list. Thanks, Alan, for the recommendation. But that's a notebook chip. Could you double-check the model number

Re: Triple-head setup advice sought

2012-04-06 Thread Alan Cox
On Fri, 6 Apr 2012 11:09:20 +0200 martin f krafft wrote: > Dear X.org people, > > since XRandR still cannot handle multiple GPUs and it's getting > harder and harder to use Zaphod (performance, incompatibilities, > etc…), I would like to investigate new options. > > Julien said that there are 3

Triple-head setup advice sought

2012-04-06 Thread martin f krafft
Dear X.org people, since XRandR still cannot handle multiple GPUs and it's getting harder and harder to use Zaphod (performance, incompatibilities, etc…), I would like to investigate new options. Julien said that there are 3+ head cards out there that work with X/Linux's Free drivers. My Matrox G