Re: Multihead

2005-09-10 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Alvin Oga wrote: On 9 Sep 2005, Jeffrey Alsip wrote: I have succeeded in getting my Colorgraphic four-port video card (S3 Savage4 chipset) to function under Debian! All four monitors now show a clear crisp display. However, my efforts have failed to get me mouse and keyboard access to the thr

Re: Multihead

2005-09-09 Thread Alvin Oga
On 9 Sep 2005, Jeffrey Alsip wrote: > I have succeeded in getting my Colorgraphic four-port video card (S3 > Savage4 chipset) to function under Debian! All four monitors now show a > clear crisp display. > > However, my efforts have failed to get me mouse and keyboard access to > the three displ

Re: multihead

2004-10-18 Thread Nicolas
On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 09:12:20PM -0700, John Floren wrote: > I have tried multiheading in the past, without much luck. > It seems that if I do not use the same resolution and bit depth on both > screens, X will crash when I logout. Then, when I do use the same res > and bpp, there is a huge in

Re: multihead

2004-10-18 Thread Alvin Oga
On Mon, 18 Oct 2004, John Floren wrote: > I have tried multiheading in the past, without much luck. > It seems that if I do not use the same resolution and bit depth on both > screens, X will crash when I logout. Then, when I do use the same res > and bpp, there is a huge increase in CPU usage

Re: Multihead display without a desktop on second monitor

2004-07-22 Thread Alvin Oga
On 22 Jul 2004, Frank H. Baker wrote: > at the top and bottom on a uniform background. I have not enabled > Xinerama in XF86Config-4. that should give you one desktop .. but also allow you to drag xterms across the monitor which is NOT the same as DISPLAY=localhost:0.1 with xinerama off > Do

Re: Multihead - 4/8/16 monitors

2004-02-17 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya jan > > > On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 21:53:57 +0100, > > > John Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > > > does anyone have any recomendations for a (couple of) > > > > videocard(s) with PCI interface to be used for a 4

Re: Multihead

2004-02-14 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 06:47:08 +0100, John Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Sat, 2004-02-14 at 04:17, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 21:53:57 +0100, > > John Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > Hi All, >

Re: Multihead

2004-02-14 Thread John Smith
On Sat, 2004-02-14 at 10:49, Greg Madden wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Friday 13 February 2004 11:53 am, John Smith wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > does anyone have any recomendations for a (couple of) > > videocard(s) with PCI interface to be used for a 4 headed s

Re: Multihead

2004-02-14 Thread Greg Madden
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 13 February 2004 11:53 am, John Smith wrote: > Hi All, > > does anyone have any recomendations for a (couple of) > videocard(s) with PCI interface to be used for a 4 headed sid > or sarge box with 4 1600x1200 DVI LCD screens combined wi

Re: Multihead

2004-02-13 Thread John Smith
On Sat, 2004-02-14 at 04:17, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 21:53:57 +0100, > John Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Hi All, > > > > does anyone have any recomendations for a (couple of) > > videocard(s) with PCI interface to be used for a 4

Re: Multihead

2004-02-13 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 21:53:57 +0100, John Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi All, > > does anyone have any recomendations for a (couple of) > videocard(s) with PCI interface to be used for a 4 headed sid > or sarge box with 4 1600x1200 DVI LCD screens com

Re: Multihead on Console ?

2002-01-17 Thread Erik Andreas Fjogstad Brandstadmoen
Markus Grunwald wrote: >With X11, I can use the two screens, that my Matrox G550 supports. But on the >text-console, both screens show the same. > Can I change this console-behaviour ? How ? > At least I know there's experimental support for multihead on console in kernel 2.4.17. (just saw it whe

RE: Multihead

2001-10-01 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On Mon, 2001-10-01 at 10:16, Steve Calderoni wrote: > Hi, > > Just sat down to give this a try. The xf86config on my system looks nothing > like the xf86config examples that I have looked up. Is there any more > guidance / advise you can give on this subject? > Following the Howto will tell you

RE: Multihead

2001-10-01 Thread Steve Calderoni
, September 29, 2001 11:08 AM To: Steve Calderoni Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Multihead Hi: With Xfree86 4.x you can use Xinerama extension, "which allows applications and window managers to use the two (or more) physical displays as one large virtual display" (from Xine

Re: Multihead

2001-09-29 Thread Steve Calderoni
I will give that a shot. Sounds like it will do the trick. Thank! -Original Message- From: Pedro António Neves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Steve Calderoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Sat Sep 29 11:07:40 2001 Subject: Re: Multihead Hi: With Xfr

Re: Multihead

2001-09-29 Thread Pedro António Neves
Hi: With Xfree86 4.x you can use Xinerama extension, "which allows applications and window managers to use the two (or more) physical displays as one large virtual display" (from Xinerama - How To). For that you can either edit you XF86Config and make the necessary changes for your video cards

Re: Multihead

2001-09-29 Thread Steve Calderoni
They are Matrox Millimium II 8 meg pci. I am running v.4 of X. -Original Message- From: Pedro António Neves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Steve Calderoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Sat Sep 29 09:50:50 2001 Subject: Re: Multihead Hi What video card

Re: Multihead

2001-09-29 Thread Pedro António Neves
Hi What video card(s) you have on you box? What version of X are you trying to run? On Friday 28 September 2001 23:46, Steve Calderoni wrote: > Just installed a Debian sid box. I am running Gnome and Sawfish. How do I > get to video cards set up for a multihead under X. Regards Pedro Neves