From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 24 15:39:39 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id PAA09899 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 24 Dec 1997 15:39:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (gregl1.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id PAA09893 for ; Wed, 24 Dec 1997 15:39:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id KAA22986; Thu, 25 Dec 1997 10:09:20 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19971225100919.58558@lemis.com> Date: Thu, 25 Dec 1997 10:09:19 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Wei Weng Cc: Thomas.Traylor@mci.com, freebsd-questions Subject: Re: multi screens? References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: ; from Wei Weng on Wed, Dec 24, 1997 at 12:55:36PM -0500 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, Dec 24, 1997 at 12:55:36PM -0500, Wei Weng wrote: > On Wed, 24 Dec 1997, Thomas S. Traylor wrote: >> On Wed, 24 Dec 1997, Wei Weng wrote: >>> I am trying to use two monitors off my freebsd box. Is there anyway to do >>> it? And what kind of hardware device do I need? how should I set up? >>> Any help will be appreciated. >> >> You'll have to get an Xserver that supports two monitors (displays). >> Currently there isn't (as far as I know) a free Xserver that will do >> this. Xi Graphics (http://www.xig.com) sells a Xserver that supports >> two monitors. > > But how about what kind of device do I need to set the monitors up? > I think I have to have some kind of device so that I can hook two monitors > into one computer box. The device is called a display board. You'll need one display board per monitor. Before you go out buying another one, check exactly what you're going to do. If you buy the Xi Graphics server (currently $375 for multi-head), you'll have to check what boards they support; there aren't many, and they're not even the same as the previous version. I can't upgrade my old version because the new one doesn't support the boards I'm using with the old version. Merry Christmas Greg