From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 26 01:45:51 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F03A716A4CE for ; Sun, 26 Dec 2004 01:45:50 +0000 (GMT) Received: from web53308.mail.yahoo.com (web53308.mail.yahoo.com [206.190.39.237]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 73A9E43D53 for ; Sun, 26 Dec 2004 01:45:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from non_secure@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 45579 invoked by uid 60001); 26 Dec 2004 01:45:50 -0000 Comment: DomainKeys? See http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; b=aFa9UYpxg2M+WmsB700OhULoFFcXKrgE7xrrIQMhudZbcSxHirhaysJaeqgsdKgpop7J/2nAbaT1kzkN4bXr9K3h6hIT2Ehtt7w2t0rrCjHJl/asqzIC3cKAXIO7Pkgsb5NmP2jM+xU/2B4xbtWNNBAHTvLXIYRwOM5X5lFF4Yg= ; Message-ID: <20041226014550.45577.qmail@web53308.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [208.186.91.245] by web53308.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 25 Dec 2004 17:45:49 PST Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 17:45:49 -0800 (PST) From: Joe Schmoe To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: triple monitor hardware setup on FBSD - suggestions needed... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 01:45:51 -0000 I am currently running a triple-monitor setup under winXP, with an extended desktop that stretches across all three monitors. I like it. I would, however, like to use FreeBSD. So, first off, what hardware (video card) comes to mind for doing triple screens with FreeBSD ? A matrox P750 comes to mind, but when you run it with three screens, they downgrade to 1280x1024, which is bad. I am happy to consider multiple video cards to accomplish this ... at the very least I need 1600x1200 out of each card, preferably 1920x1200 ... Second, what is the support for something like this in XFree86, or x.org ? What I am really looking for is the ability to create virtually sized screens - so instead of having three total (physical) screens that I can maximize windows inside of, I want to split each physical screen in half for a total of 6 virtual screens - so there are six total areas within which I can maximize a window in ... this is something I am really trying to accomplish. thanksy! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com