[olug] dual head /w SuSe - easier method?

Rob Townley rob.townley at gmail.com
Mon Feb 20 19:20:30 UTC 2006


On 1/3/06, Neal Rauhauser <neal at lists.rauhauser.net> wrote:
>
>    I just installed a spiffy new Samsung 204T 20" LCD so I can dare to
> move my head while watching movies. There is nothing wrong with my old
> Samsung 172N 17" LCD. I'm running a Radeon 9200 video card. What would
> the easiest method be to make it dual head? Room for more telnet/ssh
> windows would be the movitation so crazy 3D acceleration is unneeded ...
> can I just add a PCI video card and cross my fingers? Or would a proper
> dual head card be the best choice?

I was wondering if you were going to try to make your machine dual
headed for multiuser purposes as well?  Have you by any chance tried
that?
I have heard that drivers for nVidia cards are much easier to come by
and are more open than ATI.



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