Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2007 15:00:57 -0500 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Jim Capozzoli <saltmiser@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X11 & console setup Message-ID: <4661CC79.1020608@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <37f72b1f0706021126g3347c683u37a87d3145e6e571@mail.gmail.com> References: <37f72b1f0706021126g3347c683u37a87d3145e6e571@mail.gmail.com>
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Jim Capozzoli wrote: > Hello list, > > I have 3 monitors and 3 video cards. However, one videocard and > monitor isn't very "X11 friendly." (X11 barely starts on it). I was > wondering if it would be possible to have X11 running on two of the > monitors, and then have a full screen console (like a ttyv0) on the > third monitor (so I could constantly leave top or something sweet > running on there :D). This is all with FreeBSD 6.2/i386 and Xorg 6.9 > or 7.2. Any suggestions? Thanks. > It should do "do-able", perhaps somewhat easily. /usr/ports/x11-servers/x2x is what comes to mind --- IIRC, Greg "groggy" Lehey of "The Complete FreeBSD" fame uses this for several displays, and has notes on his setup in her personal pages at www.lemis.com. HTH, Kevin Kinsey -- I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. -- Isaac Asimov
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