On Fri, 15 Jan 2016 09:35:48 -0500 Ken Taylor <di604ad...@embarqmail.com> wrote:
> Good morning and pardon me if this is a dead end It is hardly morning but lets go with that. > question. I have seen some references to it in the > archives including a couple of responses from Intel folks > saying NO. The most recent was dated 2011 so I am hoping > the answer may have changed. > > I have a couple of Dell Inspiron 3050 PCs with "Intel HD > Graphics". The machines have two video outputs > (Displayport and HDMI) and WILL drive two monitors. > However, I have not been able to establish separate X > screens. Here is a little more detailed information about > the hardware: Why do you want to multiple screens? It is just a headache. Applications have to be specifically written to support being moved across screens, and very few are. GIMP and Emacs are the only programs I know that support this. > > from lspci: > > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Atom > Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series Graphics & Display (rev > 0e) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) > Subsystem: Dell Device 0703 > Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 91 > Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) > [size=4M] Memory at c0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) > [size=256M] I/O ports at f080 [size=8] > Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] > Capabilities: <access denied> > Kernel driver in use: i915 > > Operating systems include CentOS 7, Ubuntu Mate 15.10 and > Linux Mint Mate 17.3 although I do not think that is a > limitation. > > Can someone offer a definitive NO which will put me out > of my misery - I will fill one of the video sockets with > epoxy and never connect two monitors :-) Or a "yes it is > possible" in which case I will continue banging my head > against the problem. > > Many thanks, > > Ken > _______________________________________________ > xdg mailing list > xdg@lists.freedesktop.org > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg
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