Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 19:17:45 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dual monitors? Message-ID: <5AE7B3DD206320570E5568FA@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local> In-Reply-To: <200705081815.52180.freebsd@dfwlp.com> References: <200705081815.52180.freebsd@dfwlp.com>
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--On May 8, 2007 6:15:52 PM -0500 Jonathan Horne <freebsd@dfwlp.com> =
wrote:
> anyone out there running dual monitors in FreeBSD?
Of course.
> if so, what is your setup? single display adapter/2 heads, or 2=20
seperate adapters?
Single adaptor, two heads.
>
> 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.
>
> any success stories out there?
I'm using ATI Radeon X300, but the setup was quite simple. One monitor=20
section. One device section. One screen section.
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "radeon"
VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"
BoardName "Radeon X300"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "MergedFB" "true"
Option "CRT2Position" "RightOf"
EndSection
Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu)
Senior Information Security Analyst
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
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