Adding a second monitor

[Avi Greenbury]

Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> So, given that I have a large PCI-E slot and a regular PCI-X slot
> empty, I'm wondering...
> 1) Should I expect X to manage 2 cards, and if so what should I do
> besides just plugging them in?

In general, X is happy with two monitors on one card, and anything else
is still considered esoteric. There are a few multi-card setups that
are known to work, and several that don't.

In general, you will need to co-operative cards and a non-free
driver that works with both. I'm pretty sure that this works in NVidia
with the right cards, their driver and their Twinview tool, but it does
leave your setup's reliance very much in the hands of NVidia 

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Avi