Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 12:42:00 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com>, leifn@internet.dk, Sean-Paul Rees <sean@dreamfire.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD and 2 screens? Message-ID: <19980623124200.D27719@freebie.lemis.com> 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 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980619110215.576A-100000@dreamer.dreamfire.net> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980621131813.1366C-100000@darla.swimsuit.int ernet.dk> <3.0.3.32.19980621120059.0073ab24@mail.plstn1.sfba.home.com>
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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 Leif's information is slightly out of date--about as out of date as the boards he mentions.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
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