[plug] DualHead/Multihead/TwinView whatever !!!

[Adrian Woodley]

Try www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Xinerama-HOWTO.html "Using the Xinerama 
Extensions to MultiHead XFree86 V. 4.0+"
I managed to get my S3 and Cyberblade cards kind of working together.

Michael Hunt wrote:

>Yeah I have read the framebuffer HOWTO and trawled the web but couldn't find
>a direct comparison between the two cards especially related to Linux. It
>also appears that Matrox don't use xinwerama but rather have there own
>software for handling DualHead. Matrox have always had good driver support
>and have spent a lot f money on there DualHead Technology.
>
>The GeForce 2 MX is only $220 for twinview. Given that a single GeForce is
>going to set you over $100 and anything under that price range is getting
>pretty dated/is crap the twinview is pretty good value. The 550 is going to
>set you back about $350 at today's prices.
>
>Michael Hunt
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Adrian Woodley" <AWoodley at IINet.net.au>
>To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
>Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 10:33 PM
>Subject: Re: [plug] DualHead/Multihead/TwinView whatever !!!
>
>
>>G'Day,
>>        I'm pretty sure that XFree supports xinerama - multiheaded
>>displays without using special hardware. As far as I can remember, your
>>cards don't even have to be the same, however you are limited to using
>>the same colour depth. Theres a Howto about this floating about the
>>ether. This maybe an even cheaper option.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Adrian Woodley
>>