Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Wed, 9 May 2007 09:16:45 +0930
From:      Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Jonathan Horne <freebsd@dfwlp.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: dual monitors?
Message-ID:  <20070508234645.GF37972@wantadilla.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <200705081815.52180.freebsd@dfwlp.com>
References:  <200705081815.52180.freebsd@dfwlp.com>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help

--6v9BRtpmy+umdQlo
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline

On Tuesday,  8 May 2007 at 18:15:52 -0500, Jonathan Horne wrote:
> anyone out there running dual monitors in FreeBSD?

Yes.

> if so, what is your setup?  single display adapter/2 heads, or 2
> seperate adapters?

I'm using separate adaptors.  Take a look at
http://www.lemis.com/grog/hardware.html for more details.

> i have a nvidia 7300 GS with 2 heads, and im thinking about picking
> up another monitor like im currently runing, before the *blip* off
> the market, but im hoping that it wont be a problem to set up xorg
> for 2 monitors, with just a single adapter.

X.org is getting better at this all the time.  You have a good chance
that it will run first time, even without a config file.

Greg
--
When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients.
If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients.
For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html
See complete headers for address and phone numbers.

--6v9BRtpmy+umdQlo
Content-Type: application/pgp-signature
Content-Disposition: inline

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD)

iD8DBQFGQQvlIubykFB6QiMRAlEfAJ4ySuybWHGijjUhOAoutAAoFOvCzgCgtGU+
d6rEQsVZ7DnkhI2agn3V+3A=
=gKpQ
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

--6v9BRtpmy+umdQlo--



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20070508234645.GF37972>