From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 3 Sep 2001 16:40:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 3 Sep 2001 16:40:04 -0400 Received: from dial249.pm3abing3.abingdonpm.naxs.com ([216.98.75.249]:53252 "EHLO ani.animx.eu.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 3 Sep 2001 16:39:46 -0400 Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 16:49:53 -0400 From: Wakko Warner To: Simon Hay Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Multiple monitors Message-ID: <20010903164953.A3243@animx.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <20010903214829.B17488@unthought.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: ; from Simon Hay on Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 09:11:24PM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > XFree86 has pretty good support for multiple heads. > > > > If you tie an xterm to the root window, I guess you would get something > > pretty close to what you're looking for. Or, configure some window manager > > properly to do exactly what you want. > > > > I had considered doing that - I believe that some of the framebuffer > code supports multiple heads as well(?) - but in this particular case it > wasn't appropriate - the whole point was to demonstrate what could be > achieved using only a command line ;-) Also, though, on dedicated servers > etc. I'd rather not be running X if I didn't have to. Would this be a > particularly difficult thing to implement as a kernel patch? I'd like to > try to get involved in kernel development at some point and am looking for > something to ease myself in slowly - preferably something useful but > unimportant ;-) Are there any show stoppers involved here - or does > anyone have any other ideas? I thought of doing something like this but using a matrox g400 or g450 dual head card. primary would be for X, secondary would be a console. Not sure if that's more difficult or not. Something I'd like to have, however. -- Lab tests show that use of micro$oft causes cancer in lab animals