[plug] G400 Dual Head

[Nathan Alberti]

This  Might help...


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IW: MATROX FIRST TO SUPPORT DUALHEAD DISPLAY ON LINUX

"This beta driver supports three DualHead operational modes -
Multi-Display, Clone and TV-Output - and up to eight display
configurations on the Matrox Millennium G400 series."

COMPLETE STORY:
http://www.newsalert.com/bin/story?StoryId=CoAcPqeSbmtuWmtuYodG&FQ=Linux&Nav=na-search-&StoryTitle=Linux
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Regards,

Nathan

Jason Nicholls wrote:
> 
> Hiya,
> 
> On Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 11:00:10AM +0800, Scott, Simon wrote:
> > Has anyone here had the pleasure of setting up one of these? Ive got one on
> > the way, and tonight Id like to set it up with X4.0/OpenGL etc etc... Anyone
> > with experience here? I sorta need to know the easiest route (there's that
> > word again!) to get this up and running. Supposedly Matrox have linux
> > drivers etc? How stable is X4.0s support of this card? How do I setup OpenGL
> > for gaming etc? How do I setup Xinerama with Matrox's drivers?
> 
> Previous to the recent Matrox drivers, there was no way to use the dual head
> feature with X under linux. I don't think you'll find much help - please
> report your experiences back to the list though (I've got a dual head G400
> also) ;)
> 
> Setting up OpenGL with X is fairly easy. I suggest going to the Matrox site as
> a place to start, they provide everything you need (in the form of links,
> information and files).
> 
> > BTW, has anyone played with Raster's new accelerated Enlightenment stuff?
> 
> That's new to imlib2 yes? Does anyone on PLUG follow enlightenment development
> etc... Unfortunately I don't get enough time to play around so I'm running
> the latest stable-ish release (0.16.4 + imlib 1.9.8).
> 
> Later,
> 
> Jason Nicholls
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