Re: F16 - Adding a second video card

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On 07/15/2012 10:05 PM, Jeffrey Ross wrote:
I have an older motherboard/processor (Intel DG965RY with a Pentium D) the system has an integrated video adapter (82G965) and I'd like to add a second video Card (PCI card ATI RAGE IIC) I'm not looking for fast video but would like to use 2 monitors.

I put the ATI card in the machine and an lshw shows the card:

        -display UNCLAIMED
                        description: VGA compatible controller
                        product: 3D Rage IIC 215IIC [Mach64 GT IIC]
                        vendor: ATI Technologies Inc


When I first booted the system with the card, the BIOS made the ATI card the primary and once X started the system went blank, changed the bios to force the integrated card to be primary and everything works as before, however I don't know how to tell X that there is a second video card and to start using it.

What's the magic command that I'm unable to find? From the GUI I've checked displays under system settings but I only see my integrated video interface, and "detect displays" produces nothing but the existing display.

You may need to install the Mach64 X driver, and/or force the kernel to load the appropriate drive before X starts.
There is a two-level complication to graphics under Linux.
Then you may need to generate a real xorg.conf file so that X sees both cards, It has been a while since I did two monitor setups, but I thing "X -configure" may do most of the work once the
kernel module is loaded.

HTH
--
G.Wolfe Woodbury
redwolfe (proventesters)

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