Can Puppy use two monitors at once, through two separate video cards? I saw a Mac at my school that had a setup like that. The mouse pointer goes out of one screen and into the other.
If Puppy can't, will it in future versions? If it can, how does it work? I'm going to set up my mom's computer like that (for flash animating mostly) when I get another video card.
Can Puppy do a Dual-Monitor setup?
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Can Puppy do a Dual-Monitor setup?
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Yes, you must edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf manually.
you have sections like "Screen0"
You must make a copy "Screen1" with values that suit the new graficscard.
Then in Section "ServerLayout" you must say, that both screen-sections shall be used:
More info:
http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/X1 ... SIGN2.html
google for "xorg.conf rightof" to get some examples.
If something goes wrong, you can edit it from the comandline with
mp /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Mark
you have sections like "Screen0"
You must make a copy "Screen1" with values that suit the new graficscard.
Then in Section "ServerLayout" you must say, that both screen-sections shall be used:
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Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Main Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0"
Screen 1 "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
EndSection
http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/X1 ... SIGN2.html
google for "xorg.conf rightof" to get some examples.
If something goes wrong, you can edit it from the comandline with
mp /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Mark
Hi,MU wrote:Yes, you must edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf manually.
you have sections like "Screen0"
You must make a copy "Screen1" with values that suit the new graficscard.
Then in Section "ServerLayout" you must say, that both screen-sections shall be used:
More info:Code: Select all
Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Main Layout" Screen 0 "Screen0" Screen 1 "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0" EndSection
http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/X1 ... SIGN2.html
google for "xorg.conf rightof" to get some examples.
If something goes wrong, you can edit it from the comandline with
mp /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Mark
got it to work with a 3 Monitor / 3 graphic cards as one large screen config, using Xinerama feature of X.org ; have a look for a more detailed description here:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=16086