From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jun 21 12:01:58 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA16876 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 21 Jun 1998 12:01:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from chipweb.ml.org (qmailr@c1003518-a.plstn1.sfba.home.com [24.1.82.47]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id MAA16871 for ; Sun, 21 Jun 1998 12:01:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ludwigp@bigfoot.com) Received: (qmail 4878 invoked by uid 666); 21 Jun 1998 19:01:58 -0000 Received: from speedy.chipweb.ml.org (172.16.1.1) by inet.chipweb.ml.org with SMTP; 21 Jun 1998 19:01:58 -0000 Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19980621120059.0073ab24@mail.plstn1.sfba.home.com> X-Sender: ludwigp@mail.plstn1.sfba.home.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 12:00:59 -0700 To: leifn@internet.dk, Sean-Paul Rees From: Ludwig Pummer Subject: Re: FreeBSD and 2 screens? Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 01:19 PM 6/21/98 +0200, Leif Neland wrote: >On Fri, 19 Jun 1998, Sean-Paul Rees wrote: > >> Hello- >> >> 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. > >Leif Neland >leifn@internet.dk 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. --Ludwig Pummer ludwigp@bigfoot.com ICQ UIN: 692441 http://chipweb.home.ml.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message