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[ILUG] Dual monitor support

[ILUG] Dual monitor support

Justin Mason jm at jmason.org
Wed Nov 17 15:06:13 GMT 1999


Brian Scanlan said:

> On Wed, Nov 17, 1999 at 02:54:40PM -0000, Stephen Kearon wrote:
> > Can anyone recommend a solution for dual monitor support under RH6.x
> > running X-Windows.
> > 
> > Either two video cards, or a single dual video card.
> > 
> > We a require a setup similar to what Win98 supports, i.e. desktop is
> > split over two monitors
> 
> Wait 'til Xfree86 4.0 comes out, or try the early verions of it (Are they
> stable?) :)
> 
> Some commercial X servers do it also, I've no intrest in paying for such
> luxury at home though ;)

I think some of the recent stable versions of XF86 do it too, as long
as you use the same models of cards and monitors for both heads.

--j.




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