Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 19:12:19 -0700 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Charlie & <root@enigami.com>, Sean-Paul Rees <sean@dreamfire.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD and 2 screens? Message-ID: <19980621191219.37475@papillon.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <x71zsk6cf4.fsf@singularity.enigami.com>; from Charlie & on Fri, Jun 19, 1998 at 10:21:19PM -0400 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980619110215.576A-100000@dreamer.dreamfire.net> <x71zsk6cf4.fsf@singularity.enigami.com>
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On Fri, 19 June 1998 at 22:21:19 -0400, Charlie & wrote: > Sean-Paul Rees <sean@dreamfire.net> writes: > >> I was wondering if it were possible to have XFree control 2 video >> cards, with 2 monitors, without conflicting, and allow me to control >> each one interchangeably? Would it be possible with 1 card? > > I believe xinside sells an X server that will do this, but I haven't > tried it. If you do, and it works, let me know. Xinside is at > <http://www.xinside.com>. The multi-headed server costs $300, and the > cards have to be the same. I've been running an older version of this server for years. They didn't always have to be the same, but I know there have always been severe restrictions on the combinations. I'm using an ATI Mach 64 and an old Matrox Millenium. > Alternatively, there are some high end cards that support two heads, > but I don't know if any are supported by XFree86. I think we need to clarify the original question. What exactly does (anonymous) want to do? It's not clear that (s)he is even interested in running X. Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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