From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Antonino A. Daplas" Subject: Re: Dual screen framebuffer development advice Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 04:25:48 +0800 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <200406200425.48378.adaplas@hotpop.com> References: <200406191455.56574.andrew@walrond.org> Reply-To: adaplas@pol.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.12] helo=sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BbmOv-0002ym-N1 for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 19 Jun 2004 13:25:21 -0700 Received: from babyruth.hotpop.com ([38.113.3.61]) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BbmOv-0003bG-CL for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 19 Jun 2004 13:25:21 -0700 Received: from hotpop.com (kubrick.hotpop.com [38.113.3.103]) by babyruth.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 487CF623946 for ; Sat, 19 Jun 2004 19:46:23 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <200406191455.56574.andrew@walrond.org> Content-Disposition: inline Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Andrew Walrond , linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net On Saturday 19 June 2004 21:55, Andrew Walrond wrote: > I need to setup a machine to develop a framebuffer based application. I'd > like to use two graphics devices; The first an ati agp chipset on the > motherboard which will run X11 with X11's ati driver, the second a PCI card > running a fb driver and displaying my framebuffer application. > > Is this possible/sensible? Sure, it's possible and actually not hard to do. Just make sure that the driver of your primary card is fbdev, and the secondary X11. X happens to do a fine job of initializing non-primary cards whereas fbdev is mostly restricted to cards initialized by the firmware. Note: You wont' be able to see both displays simultaneously, switching from one blanks the other. If you do want multi-seat, see the Ruby project of linuxconsole. As for sensible, that's up to you :-) Tony ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by The 2004 JavaOne(SM) Conference Learn from the experts at JavaOne(SM), Sun's Worldwide Java Developer Conference, June 28 - July 1 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA REGISTER AND SAVE! http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf Priority Code NWMGYKND