[olug] Second monitor

Ken emptymm at cox.net
Tue Jan 27 19:56:14 UTC 2004



Jay Swackhamer wrote:
> You need to look into xinerama, and it depends on your card,
> 
> If you have an ATI card, they should have some information on their site,
> or look into GATOS or atitvout
> 
> If you have and nVidia card, you'd need to look for nvtv.
> 

Also, if you have an nVidia and want to use this functionality in the 
nvidia drivers then there is an entire section on this in their README 
file.  You'll need to choose between using the xinerama X extension 
(best for multiple video cards) or the the nvidia twinview feature (best 
for using dual outputs on a single nvidia card).
-Ken



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