[NTLUG:Discuss] Dual-headed G400

[MadHat]

aal wrote:
> 
> "J. Reeves Hall" wrote:
> 
> > I have a G400 MAX video card, which has two monitor outputs. I'd like to
> > get the second output to do something in Linux. I've heard that XFree86
> > has issues with the way the G400 implements its dual headedness (namely,
> > it only has one drawing engine for both of them), but I've also heard
> > rumors that FBCon can output to both heads. I'd be happy if I could just
> > display X on one head and a text console on the other. The two monitors
> > are basically equivalent, and they are capable of the same resolutions.
> > Any suggestions on how to activate the second head are welcome.
> 
> I have an Idea...
> could the Xnest server be used for this some how?

XNest just lets you run another session of X inside an existing one, in
a window, so it is nested inside the first.  I am not sure how this
would help.  You can start up as many sessions of X as you want as long
as you assign them to different session IDs (the display number, the
number after the : in the DISPLAY env, like 'localhost:0').  You could
have multiple X sessions running assigned to different F' keys (like one
on F7 and another one on F8).  anyway... this doesn't help with the
original question, but just trying to clarify...  I am anal.

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