On Mon, 2002-10-28 at 04:07, Marc Wilson wrote: > On Sun, Oct 27, 2002 at 07:25:51PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > 2) It is possible that this is a hardware limitation. Multiple-output > > video cards often don't support all features on secondary "heads". > > I always had the problem with my G450 and later with my G550 that X > wouldn't set the gamma the same on both heads, although it claimed that it > was according to the log. The monitors were the same make and model, and > the difference was distinct and annoying. > > OTOH, xgamma was always quite willing to set the gamma on the heads > separately, and I was also able to specify specific gamma settings for each > monitor in XF86Config-4 and have them take effect.
I thought I'd read on the Xpert list that the second head of those cards indeed doesn't have a hardware palette and thus can't do gamma correction. I can't offer any first hand experience though. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
