[NTLUG:Discuss] Great, budget, 'Best Practices' box

[David Simmons]

>> I'd really like to setup a system to run SuSE 10.1 GLX....I normally have
>> a dual-monitor setup, so again - I'm kicked in the teeth that GLX does
'do' dual-monitors (unless I do frame buffer sharing and REALLY stretch
the resolutino to be double-wide).
>
> Both Red Hat Composite Extension and SuSE's Compiz approaches do dual-head.

On a side-note....if you're looking to do GLX...there's only a LIMITED
amount of video cards that are compatible.  Here's the list:

# Supported ATI cards
G 1002:3150     # M24 1P [Radeon Mobility X600]
G 1002:4a4d     # R420 JM [FireGL X3]
G 1002:4e54     # M10 NT [FireGL Mobility T2]
G 1002:5460     # M22 [Radeon Mobility M300]
G 1002:5b62     # RV370 5B62 [Radeon X600 (PCIE)]
G 1002:5b72     # RV380 5B62 [Radeon X600 (PCIE)]

# Supported NVIDIA cards
G 10de:0092     # GeForce 7800 GT
G 10de:0140     # NV43 [GeForce 6600 GT]
G 10de:0161     # GeForce 6200 TurboCache(TM)
G 10de:0326     # NV34 [GeForce FX 5500]

# Supported Intel cards
G 8086:2582     # 82915G/GV/910GL Express Chipset Family Graphics
Controller G 8086:27a2     # Mobile 945GM/GMS/940GML Express Integrated
Graphics Controller

Hope that helps - dave