[H-GEN] G400 Dual Headk

[Hilton Travis]

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Hi All,

On Tue, 2002-09-24 at 15:31, Bradley Marshall wrote:
> On 24 Sep 2002, Hilton Travis wrote:
> 
> > Has anyone here actually been able to get dual head support working
> > fully in Linux?  It seems that anaconda will detect the card fine, but
> > then fails to configure the second head.  Even after following the
> > instructions found at
> > http://staff.pisoftware.com/bmarshal/publications/xinerama.html and the
> > Xinerama HowTo X fails to load with proper multi-head support.
> 
> If you can let me know what my article was missing once you
> get it going, I can update it to cover the issues, if you want.
> 
> Thanks,
> Brad

At cjb's suggestion, I downloaded the latest Matrox G400 drivers and
PowerDesk.  After installing these drivers (and using the same
XFConfig-4 file as shown on your web page), I got the second display
working.  WOOHOO!

I am using Xinerama, and am happy to live with the missing chunk off the
bottom of the second monitor.  I do not use this system for 3D - its my
main workstation - used purely for my work-related needs.  At some stage
I'll drop Xinerama and play without it.  If I like that, I may stay
there.  I *do* like the ability to drag a window between the two screens
- just as one can with that other OS.

-- 

Regards,

Hilton Travis



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