[NTLUG:Discuss] Dual Head and XFree86

[Rick Moncello]

I'm not sure if you are referring to my answer to the "two KB/mice" question
when you say "Someone else pointed out that I might just want to use a
single monitor setup and a X-Term type device for the second monitor" or
not.

Some additional information now that we are tying your two questions
together. . .

If you go for the X-term approach, out-of-the-box you'll get two
displays/KBs/mice working independently.  If you want to now give this a
"dual-head" look&feel, you need to look into a package called x2x.  This
will allow you to use one keyboard/mouse with both computers.  I am using a
similar program, x2vnc, which gives me a single kb/mouse to control one
Linux box and one Win2K box (a necessary evil).  It works really well!

I hope this helps!

Rick.

-----Original Message-----
From: discuss-admin at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-admin at ntlug.org]On Behalf
Of Jack Snodgrass
Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 9:59 AM
To: discuss at ntlug.org
Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] DualHead and XFree86


Thanks....
are you 100% sure about:
> Dualhead support works quite well with the GeForce - but
> you need to have one analog monitor and one DVI monitor
> (eg an LCD flat panel).

I thought that I read that you could have two 'vga' type monitors
with these cards. If it's really one DVI and one VGA, that's
a show stopper for me. I want to use two existing 19"+ monitors
that I already have.

Someone else pointed out that I might just want to use a single
monitor setup and a X-Term type device for the second monitor.
I am going to look at that first before I go and buy a new video
card. I have a Ultra5 that I could use as the X-Terminal to get
the second Linux session up and running. I think I'll play with
that first.

jack



----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Baker" <sjbaker1 at airmail.net>
To: <discuss at ntlug.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 5:37 PM
Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] DualHead and XFree86


> Jack Snodgrass wrote:
> > I'm thinking of getting a video card ( Radeon 7500 or
> > Geforce4 MX 440 ) that both have some sort of
> > dualhead support from XFree86 4.2.x ( RedHat 7.3 )
> >
> > Has anyone had any real world experience with this
> > type of setup?
>
> Dualhead support works quite well with the GeForce - but
> you need to have one analog monitor and one DVI monitor
> (eg an LCD flat panel).
>
> Aside from that, the GeForce-4 card has MUCH better
> 3D drivers than the Radion - so if you are planning
> to do any 3D rendering, the GeForce wins hands-down.
>
> The only downsides for the GeForce are:
>
>    1) The drivers are closed-source.
>
>    2) Some people complain that the analog video
>       quality of the GeForce is inferior to the the
>       Radion - you won't see that problem on the DVI output.
>       I'm not convinced that the difference is noticable
>       though...I guess it depends a lot on how good your
>       monitor is, what resolution you plan to use and
>       how tolerant you are!  I've also heard that some
>       board manufacturers are using higher quality
>       analog components than some others - so it may
>       matter which card manufacturer you go to.
>
> > Are there any better options for doing dualhead
> > with XFree86?
>
> Not that do reasonable 3D performance - I guess there
> may be some older non-3D cards that do better.
>
>
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