Xinerama?

[Bill Mullen]

On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 16:01:56 +0000
fj1200 at comcast.net wrote:

> 
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "Steven W. Orr" <steveo at syslang.net>
> > I have one of those mini shuttle boxes which has a 1280x1024
> > display off of a NVIDIA GeForce 6600. I was given an extra
> > e-GeForce 6200LE. The new card has two connectors on the back. One
> > is the regular video connector we all know with three rows that are
> > all off senter. The other connector is shaped like this:
> > 
> > |----------------------|
> > |     + + + + + + + +  |
> > |+ +                   |
> > |     + + + + + + + +  |
> > |+ +                   |
> > |     + + + + + + + +  |
> > |----------------------|
> > 
> > Here's the device section from the xorg.conf
> > 
> > Section "Device"
> >      Identifier     "Videocard0"
> >      Driver         "nvidia"
> >      VendorName     "Videocard vendor"
> >      BoardName      "NVIDIA GeForce 6600"
> > EndSection
> > 
> > 
> > So given all that...
> > 
> > Do I somehow disable the builtin video and go with the new card?
> > Do I use both cards?
> > If I just use the new card, is there some sort of adapter to make a 
> > monitor fit the 'funny' connector?
> > 
> > Thanks guys...
> > 
> > -- 
> > Time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like a banana. Stranger
> > things have  .0. happened but none stranger than this. Does your
> > driver's license say Organ ..0 Donor?Black holes are where God
> > divided by zero. Listen to me! We are all- 000 individuals! What if
> > this weren't a hypothetical question? steveo at syslang.net
> 
> Without knowing the full details of the card, I would think that the
> 'funny' connector is a DVI connector, for connecting to a digital
> flat panel.  Yes, you should be able to use both video cards in one
> system.

Concur, and yes, adapters for DVI=>DB-15 are available IIRC.

-- 
Bill Mullen
RLU #270075