Subject: Re: 2 monitor setup
To: Colin Wood <cwood@ichips.intel.com>
From: Armen Babikyan <armenb@lethargy.mit.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 04/19/1998 22:49:03
> > I have two monitors on my IIvx. one is running on internal video and the
> > other is running on nubus video. I can't find a way to make color 8-bit
> > (or 16-bit) work in any combination with the two monitors. the current
> > setup (which works) is the color nubus lkm and black and white internal
> > video , but adding the OFSA xserver (and booting up intvid to 16-bit
> > color) does not work. as far as i remember ( i did this a week ago or so),
> > the intvid was now color, but the nubus video did not work (little monitor
> > at the top of the screen).
>
> I've played with this some myself. Basically, it doesn't work :-( I just
> don't think that enough consideration for multiple monitor setups has gone
> into the X server at this time. You can always take a look at it and hack
> on it yourself, tho :-)
> Once color internal video support is working, tho, I'm sure that more
> attention will be paid to this issue.
only reason i why i use two monitors is that a 640x480 desktop is rather
small..i'm used to the nice lab workstations with insanely huge
resolutions :)
maybe getting some better hardware should be an option too :P
- a