Hi Mark, Thanks. That was a great reply. So, If I select 2 graphics cards, and I run one instance of XFree86 on 2 graphics cards, can I then run a window manager on one graphics card and just the X server itself on the other? Is this a low-risk configuration if I commit to doing it? In other words, will almost any graphics card that I purchase that allows me to run XFree86 on it by itself work in this configuration? As far dual-head goes, I was looking the Matrox G450. Thanks! Todd -----Original Message----- From: xfree86-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xfree86-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mark Vojkovich Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 1:27 PM To: xfree86@xxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Dual Screens You can run one instance of XFree86 on multiple graphics cards simultaneously. These will show up as separate X screens. This all depends on which cards you were planning on using and how advanced is the driver support for them. Some dual-head cards may support this if they support a separate-screens mode (separate-screens are required if the two heads will have different X visuals). I'm more optimistic about this working for separate cards rather than a single dual-head card, but it just depends which cards you were trying to use. If you happen to have some graphics cards lying around, it would be good to experiment before commiting to something. Mark. On Mon, 9 Jan 2006, Harrington, Todd wrote: > Hi, > > We are going to be running RedHat Enterprise v3 or v4 and want to be able to run two displays with different images on them. One will be a general purpose X Windowing system with keyboard and mouse and the display will be a Viewsonic LCD. The second display will run an X windowing system and will be used to display graphics to a monochrome black/green display. > > Is this dual "independent" display feature part of XFree86 4.x? Or do I need a special graphics card? Can I use any graphics card to do this? Can I use a dual headed card to save some PCI slots. > > Thanks, > Todd > > > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
