On Sun, 09 Apr 2000, you wrote:
> So I have an extra monitor and I know that Linux allows me to log in to
> different accounts simultaneously via CTRL+ALT+F?. I have been wondering
> for a while whether there is some way to set up this extra monitor and a
> keyboard to act like a second terminal so that I can do two things at
> once. I have no idea how this would work or if it is even possible, so
> I wanted to ask the experts. It seems like I would need a second video
> card to get video on the second monitor, or maybe there is some special
> hardware that can split the video/keyboard for me?
There are a few ways that I know of to utilize a second monitor, but all of
them will require some extra hardware.
1) Multihead X - This requires support in the video cards, I believe.
Many newer graphics cards do support it. There's also a Matrox card, IIRC, that
has two VGA ports and handles multihead stuff itself.
2) VGA + Hercules - From what I've gathered, any VGA card will coexist on a PC
with a Hercules graphics card (really ancient stuff). Linux will somehow
support this, but I've never tried it or seen it myself.
3) Dumb Terminal - This requires a cheap computer that's not good for much
else. You plug your monitor and keyboard into it and network it (by ethernet,
serial, or parallel port) to the server. If the terminal box is hefty enough
and you have ethernet, you could use it as an X terminal.
I think option 3 is the only one that allows the other screen to be controlled
by separate input devices. Hope this was helpful to you.
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--Levi
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