Dual monitor possible?

[Liam Proven]

On 04/10/2007, Brian McKee <brian.mckee at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 03/10/2007, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
> > connect both screens to that one. Trying to get dual-head going with 2
> > different cards is harder than one. Even if they're both nVidia ones,
> > both have to be new enough and closely-enough related to work with the
> > same driver.
>
> Not true at all - I've got a dual head setup with one nVidia and one
> 3dfx.  While working at it I cycled thru a couple different SiS and
> ATI models too.

I'm sure it's /possible/, but if one card requires the nVidia binary
driver and one the nVidia legacy driver, I think she would be stuck.
AFAIK you can't have both.

And using nVidias, it's /drastically/ easier to use nVidia's own
multihead support (DualView or something) than try to get it working
with bare X.11. I have tried the latter myself and failed many times.

> It won't be point and click easy - but hey if she wants to learn let her try!

Is this really a beginner exercise? That's all I'm asking.

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