[NTLUG:Discuss] Dual-headed G400 AND tv-out

[Kyle_Davenport@compusa.com]

Isn't this the xinerama extension we were just talking about?

I have another problem.  I scoured the net this weekend looking for how to
enable the tv-out of my ATI rageII+ card.   I guess it's a big secret!   I know
the ATI is not well supported yet, but this is just the tv-out function.  I can
see a bt878 chip when I load bttv drivers, but of course nothing happens.  Well,
I bring this up because someone on slashdot hinted that they enabled ATI tv-out
by using the frame-buffer driver.   Just wondering what the connection is...

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"J. Reeves Hall" <reeves at earthling.net> on 04/16/2000 09:14:17 PM

Please respond to discuss at ntlug.org

To:   discuss at ntlug.org, svlug at svlug.org, ale at ale.org
cc:    (bcc: Kyle Davenport/Is/Corporate/CompUSA)
Subject:  [NTLUG:Discuss] Dual-headed G400



I have a G400 MAX video card, which has two monitor outputs. I'd like to
get the second output to do something in Linux. I've heard that XFree86
has issues with the way the G400 implements its dual headedness (namely,
it only has one drawing engine for both of them), but I've also heard
rumors that FBCon can output to both heads. I'd be happy if I could just
display X on one head and a text console on the other. The two monitors
are basically equivalent, and they are capable of the same resolutions.
Any suggestions on how to activate the second head are welcome.

I'm running XF86 4.0 and kernel 2.3.99pre5, with the fbcon driver
installed.

Thanks!
-Reeves

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J. Reeves Hall, Georgia Tech CS Major
Linux #4 SMP Sun Apr 16 15:23:55 EDT 2000
10:10pm  up  6:36,  3 users,  load average: 0.01, 0.02, 0.00

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