mx 440 xtacy dual head and cli

08-15-02, 02:20 PM

I was wondering if any one knows how i can get my slak box to use move tty3-6 to my second monitor or if i can even do that.

Ive tired to get it to work with the fbset programs but that didnt work.
I also want to be able to have X on my larger CRT and a concole on my smaller CRT. Ive tired a couple of different setups but i have not been able to get it done.

Thankx in advance.

Squid

**Thunderbird** · 08-15-02, 02:24 PM

Twinview cli is impossible atleast on nvidia hardware. The only cards I know that support it are cards from Matrox. (not 100% sure)

08-15-02, 02:27 PM

ok so you are saying that haveing X on one CRT and my concole on the other is not possible or using both monitors for CLI?

Thanks

**Thunderbird** · 08-15-02, 02:33 PM

Those things aren't possible. The only case you get two screens is in X. (on nvidia hardware)

r0gu3 · 08-15-02, 04:04 PM

Well there are some things that can be done is software to emulate this, but thunderbird is right, in a traditional sense, you cannot have X running on one screen and a console on the other.

But if your use a program like ggiterm on the second monitor, and tell your window manager its a dead zone ( thats a goofy thing many popular windowmanagers can do), then you have the same affect

- r0gu3

08-15-02, 02:20 PM	#1
squid Guest Posts: n/a	mx 440 xtacy dual head and cli I was wondering if any one knows how i can get my slak box to use move tty3-6 to my second monitor or if i can even do that. Ive tired to get it to work with the fbset programs but that didnt work. I also want to be able to have X on my larger CRT and a concole on my smaller CRT. Ive tired a couple of different setups but i have not been able to get it done. Thankx in advance. Squid

08-15-02, 02:24 PM	#2
Thunderbird Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Netherlands, Europe Posts: 2,105	Twinview cli is impossible atleast on nvidia hardware. The only cards I know that support it are cards from Matrox. (not 100% sure)

08-15-02, 02:27 PM	#3
squid Guest Posts: n/a	ok so you are saying that haveing X on one CRT and my concole on the other is not possible or using both monitors for CLI? Thanks

08-15-02, 02:33 PM	#4
Thunderbird Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Netherlands, Europe Posts: 2,105	Those things aren't possible. The only case you get two screens is in X. (on nvidia hardware)

08-15-02, 04:04 PM	#5
r0gu3 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: cleveland ohio Posts: 71	Well there are some things that can be done is software to emulate this, but thunderbird is right, in a traditional sense, you cannot have X running on one screen and a console on the other. But if your use a program like ggiterm on the second monitor, and tell your window manager its a dead zone ( thats a goofy thing many popular windowmanagers can do), then you have the same affect - r0gu3