Re: Two VGA-PCI cards in one box?

Matthew Kramer (kram1968@nova.gmi.edu)
Fri, 22 Mar 1996 18:26:58 -0500 (EST)


On Fri, 22 Mar 1996, Emil Stepniewski wrote:

> I'm wondering if there is hardware possibility for using two VGA-PCI
> cards in one box. If there is (I think so), does Linux support it
> or is anyone working on it? If not, I'd like to do it myself.

I'm not sure about linux itself supporting it, but there are multi-headed
X servers out there that do. Metro-X and AccelX (http://www.xinside.com)
are the two I know of. I know I saw a patch at tsx-11.mit.edu in either
the BETA or ALPHA directory for "dual-monitor", but I'm not sure what it
is.

Matthew