[PLUG] Dual-headed system
Derek Loree
derek at infotects.com
Mon Oct 28 23:24:38 UTC 2002
On Mon, 2002-10-28 at 15:20, Galen Seitz wrote:
> > >
> > > Based on this message from the lkml, it sounds like what Ed wants to do
> > > is possible.
> >
> > Your right! A little more digging, and I found this:
> >
> > http://old.lwn.net/1999/0513/a/multihead.html
> >
> > Which is a little on the old side, but the basic idea is there.
> > Apparently most MDA cards do support multiple heads, not sure who told
> > me that they didn't.
> >
>
> Looks like that howto got sucked into the Framebuffer HOWTO.
> http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Framebuffer-HOWTO-14.html
>
> "Thanks go to Rick Niles frederick.a.niles at gsfc.nasa.gov who has very kindly
> handed over his Multi-Head Mini-HOWTO for inclusion in this HOWTO."
>
Too bad it hasn't been updated for Xfree86 version 4, and 2.4 kernels.
Good find.
Derek
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