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Subject: Re: Misc hardware questions
From: Patrick May <pmm10@cvip.fresno.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2000 21:42:55 -0800


On Sun, 02 Jan 2000, Charles Galpin wrote:
> This tweaked my interest, because I'd love to go dualheaded one day.
> 
> On Sun, 2 Jan 2000, M. Erickson wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 2 Jan 2000, Brian Hand wrote:
> > 
> > > I am looking for a video card that can drive two monitors at the same
> > > time work well with RH linux 6.x.
> > 
> > Check out the Matrox G400.
> 
> But does Linux support this? Reading their website, it sounds very driver
> dependent. Is there a HOWTO on this topic?

I do believe that AcceleratedX is required. I have seen this card listed with a
system on either VALinux or Penguin Computing in a dual headed system. Maybe
XFree86 4 will support dual headed display, but I don't know.





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