lspci on dualhead VGA cards

[Zoltan Szecsei]

Matt Patterson wrote:

> Heres my lspci output:
>
> 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-760 MP 
> [IGD4-2P] System Controller (rev 11)
> 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-760 MP 
> [IGD4-2P] AGP Bridge
> 0000:00:07.0 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-766 
> [ViperPlus] ISA (rev 02)
> 0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-766 
> [ViperPlus] IDE (rev 01)
> 0000:00:07.3 Bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-766 [ViperPlus] 
> ACPI (rev 01)
> 0000:00:07.4 USB Controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-766 
> [ViperPlus] USB (rev 07)
> 0000:00:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24 
> [CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator] (rev 01)
> 0000:00:0c.0 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller (rev 03)
> 0000:00:0c.1 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller (rev 03)
> 0000:00:0c.2 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller (rev 03)
> 0000:00:0c.3 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 2.0 Controller (rev 01)
> 0000:00:0e.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL 
> (rev 27)
> 0000:00:0f.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c980-C 
> 10/100baseTX NIC [Python-T] (rev 78)
> 0000:00:10.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c980-C 
> 10/100baseTX NIC [Python-T] (rev 78)
> 0000:01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 
> [GeForce FX 5200 Ultra] (rev a1)
>
> I have an onboard display controller I dont use, so ignore the ati 
> reference. The geforce fx is currently being used with the nvidia 
> binary driver in xinerama mode. I have heard that you can simply put 
> the same pci/agp address for two different cards (two card entries in 
> xorg.conf) and they will each act as a seperate card.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Matt

Ah! - You're cool - the first lspci I've gotten in 36 hours.
Anyone else have the urge to be seen as "cool" by me? (it's a really 
great thing to put on your CV - really, true...!)

I'd like to believe what you say about putting the same PCI address as 2 
card entries in xorg.conf, but intuitively what would happen if the one 
config sends some sort of "clear screen" (or whatever) type instruction 
to that address??? Not sure how it works, but gut-feel is: Nope! - but 
I'm not dis-ing your thoughts.

Thanks for making the effort - I think I can borrow an FX5200 from a 
friend to check it out, but in the meantime, I'm still looking for a 
card that will definately work......
Regards,
Zoltan.



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