From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 22 20:12:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA12448 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 22 Jun 1998 20:12:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA12425 for ; Mon, 22 Jun 1998 20:12:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.0/8.9.0) with ESMTP id MAA07783; Tue, 23 Jun 1998 12:42:22 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.0/8.9.0) id MAA00163; Tue, 23 Jun 1998 12:42:01 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19980623124200.D27719@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 12:42:00 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Ludwig Pummer , leifn@internet.dk, Sean-Paul Rees Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD and 2 screens? References: <3.0.3.32.19980621120059.0073ab24@mail.plstn1.sfba.home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19980621120059.0073ab24@mail.plstn1.sfba.home.com>; from Ludwig Pummer on Sun, Jun 21, 1998 at 12:00:59PM -0700 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 21 June 1998 at 12:00:59 -0700, Ludwig Pummer wrote: > At 01:19 PM 6/21/98 +0200, Leif Neland wrote: >> On Fri, 19 Jun 1998, Sean-Paul Rees wrote: >>> 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? >> >> PC-hardware doesn't generally support two video cards, as the memory and >> io-adresses are fixed. The only option would be a character based hercules >> card and a (s)vga. > > Well, the main problem is having two VGA-capable cards (for the resource > reasons you mention). I know my MGA Millenium lets you disable the VGA > portion of the video card (via a dip switch), so I could theorically have 2 > MGA Milleniums simultaneously. Sure, that would work fine. Leif's information is slightly out of date--about as out of date as the boards he mentions. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message