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Subject: Re: 2 Video displays.
To: cove@brazil.nbn.com (Cove Schneider)
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 96 11:06:41 MDT
From: Greg Lehey <lehey.pad@sni.de>
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> Didn't see anything in the FAQs or the mailing list archives on
> this. Is it poisable to have 2 monitors and video cards under the
> PC arch?

Yes, it's possible.  The XInside server can do this, but you may need
a supplement to the standard distribution (maybe somebody from XInside
can say something about this).  As far as I know, XFree86 still
doesn't support multi-head.

> Would I just have to get a X-Term?

No, it's the server that makes the difference.

Greg