Re: [SLE] 2 heads

From: Rikard Johnels (rikjoh_at_norweb.se)
Date: 06/26/05

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Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 18:13:10 +0200

    On Sunday 26 June 2005 06.10, Stanley Long wrote:
    > Tim Hanson wrote:
    > > I'm ready to take the plunge into double monitor-land. Intuition tells
    > > me that all I need to do is hang another video card into the chassis,
    > > hook up another monitor, fire it up, and configure it with sax2. Is it
    > > that easy?
    >
    > Just about that easy, yes.
    >
    > If you find an old PCI video card (or two), you can do a no-cost test.
    > YAST doesn't care if you use different cards.
    >
    > At about SuSE 8.2, YAST had a problem of not wanting to recognize the
    > 2nd monitor if initially set up on just one head, even for dual head
    > video cards. Also, it seems SuSE people mostly assume one always wants
    > one wide display across both monitors. Xinerama does that combined
    > display presentation.
    >
    > CAD people want the largest possible screens for the CAD, and often
    > prefer the separated 2nd screen for anything else that should be visible
    > at the same time as the work layout. ie, web page catalog sheets for
    > machinery, photographs of work being drawn, calculation tools,
    > specification text, email or text files ...
    >
    > Two separate screens (non-Xinerama) make FAST highlight-drag-n-drop
    > transfers from one application into another. Yep, the curser carries the
    > stuff across between monitors even though applications are limited to
    > one or the other.
    >
    > Matrox G-450/550 dual head AGP video works just fine here. Be aware that
    > 2nd display has slower clock capability than the 1st display.
    > http://www.varicad.com is rather useful, even if not OSS.
    >
    > If two screens are not enough, try fvwm desktop w/ 6x2 virtual screens
    > per monitor desktop and try sliding live apps from one virtual screen to
    > an adjacent v.s.

    I have been running triple head for quite some time now. (19"+19"+17")
    I have two graphicscards. One Matrox G400 DualHead (AGP) , and one Matrox
    Milleninum II (PCI)
    I use it for all my work (graphics, webdesign, plain surfing and chatting
    mostly)
    I have found the possibility of having for instance GIMP running in one
    virtual desktop with all the menus left-most, working image in the centre,
    and anything else i need temporarily (as docs etc) to my right, very handy
    and easy to work with.
    Also, if i look for information or is researching something on the net, i can
    have several windows open without having to switch between them.
    Sure ONE big monitor at say 1600x1200 is nice to have.
    But three x 1280x1024 is alot handier..

    The only drawback is the space.. They take up a LOT of desktop. (I use "old"
    CRT monitors)
    I do have a new machine planned with three 16:10 Widescreen TFT's.
    I will of course report how that baby will be as soon as it is up. 

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         /Rikard
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