On Saturday 22 June 2002 03:42 pm, tvn1981 wrote: > Hello > > I have a Woody system (kerne 2.4.18) with XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1. I > also have a Radeon 7000ve with twinview, and an Nvidia gforce2 quadro > with twinview. > > However, I just can't get dual monitor run well on this system. For > the Radeon card, the twinview feature doesn't work at all, I was > told that it doesn't even work w/ this Radeon card even with XFree > 4.2.x. > > The Nvidia card, using the latest nvidia's driver, works! But the > problem is X freezes so often, the whole computer just froze, I have > to physically reboot. > > I like the dual monitor setting so really want to know if there's any > setting that make this work on my system. > > So just wondering if it's just me that has problems with twinview > stuff ? Or is there any other settings that you would recommend - > how well is Matrox G400 or Agp+PCI settings ? they run well ? > > > thanks
My experience with various "newer" cards under Linux is as follows: - Nvidia GF2 - couldn't get the Nvidia binary drivers even to run, let alone try it with Xinerama. - Matrox G550 - smoothest setup and nicest 2D. 3D performance somewhere between sucky and non-existent. Dual-head had no problems at all. - Radeon 7500 - good 2D, fast 3D. Dual-head took a lot of tinkering with the XF86Config-4 file to get working under X4.2, but it seems stable now it's set up right. If you want a copy of my XF86Config file to help you set up your Radeon, mail me off list and I'd be glad to help. - Derek ------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
