Re: Two monitors on a Matrox G450.

2014-12-13 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 13 December 2014 05:47:25 Ric Moore wrote: > Our computers are the worst of > mistresses. Logical, consistent, predictable, biddable ... oh yes, and demanding. ;-) Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

Re: Two monitors on a Matrox G450.

2014-12-12 Thread Ric Moore
On 12/12/2014 09:34 PM, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: From: Ric Moore Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 16:37:09 -0500 Is this in a desktop machine? Can you remove the board? If so, is there a window nearby? Then, open the window and throw that board out. :) Will aim for a recycling bin about 2 km distant.

Re: Two monitors on a Matrox G450.

2014-12-12 Thread peter
From: Ric Moore Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 16:37:09 -0500 > Is this in a desktop machine? > Can you remove the board? > If so, is there a window nearby? > Then, open the window and throw that board out. :) Will aim for a recycling bin about 2 km distant. > Older nVidia boards, ten times as capable a

Re: Two monitors on a Matrox G450.

2014-12-11 Thread Sven Hartge
Ric Moore wrote: > Didja try here?: > http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/support/drivers/download/?id=143 > (this is from 2006) This contains the HAL I was talking about. >From the README: , | A working installation of XFree86 4.3.0, and X.org versions 6.7.0, | 6.8.0, 6.8.1, 6.8.2, 6.9.0, 7

Re: Two monitors on a Matrox G450.

2014-12-11 Thread Ric Moore
On 12/11/2014 10:40 AM, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: A CRT monitor and an IBM flat monitor are connected to a Matrox G450 adapter. Please, I am not trying to be rude here. but here it comes... Is this in a desktop machine? Can you remove the board? If so, is there a window nearby? Then, open the

Re: Two monitors on a Matrox G450.

2014-12-11 Thread Sven Hartge
pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > A CRT monitor and an IBM flat monitor are connected to a Matrox G450 > adapter. Both monitors display the command line interface. With X > running, the monitor on output 1 is active; the monitor on output 2 > indicates absence of signal. If the monitors are swapped ac

Two monitors on a Matrox G450.

2014-12-11 Thread peter
A CRT monitor and an IBM flat monitor are connected to a Matrox G450 adapter. Both monitors display the command line interface. With X running, the monitor on output 1 is active; the monitor on output 2 indicates absence of signal. If the monitors are swapped across the output connectors, o