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Date:      Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:31:13 -0400
From:      Sahil Tandon <sahil@tandon.net>
To:        John Wynstra <jwynstra@nyc.rr.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: two monitors, two displays, one PC
Message-ID:  <20080612023112.GB634@shepherd>
In-Reply-To: <485085F9.3010209@nyc.rr.com>
References:  <485085F9.3010209@nyc.rr.com>

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John Wynstra <jwynstra@nyc.rr.com> wrote:

> In the last 4 months I bought a new monitor to replace the one that clunked 
> out in me.  I am currently using it with an old PS2 type keyboard and mouse 
> attached to a creaky old desktop that will eventually be replaced.  Likely 
> I will want to replace it with a laptop with wifi and a lot more memory and 
> hard drive so that I can take it with me.  Can I still use the old monitor 
> as a second display?

Yes.
  
> Can this be done?  Is it done?  What are the issues?

You can search for FreeBSD + dual monitors on google and find some examples + 
usual pitfalls.

-- 
Sahil Tandon <sahil@tandon.net>



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