In my PC I have two nVidia GeForce FX 5200 video cards. One with AGP
form factor, and the other - with PCI form factor.
This was the cheapest way to add a second display to my PC, and worked
because my PC had unused PCI slots.
Software: Debian Etch, with Xorg version 7.1.0-19.
The driver being used is 'nv', for both video cards.
The following /etc/X11/xorg.conf section specifies how both screens are
combined.
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "DualHead Default Layout"
Screen "2nd Screen" RightOf "Default Screen"
Screen "Default Screen"
Option "Xinerama"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection
I hope this helps.
--- Omer
On Mon, 2008-08-25 at 08:51 +1000, Amos Shapira wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My boss bought second-hand extra monitors for all of us and I now need
> to buy graphics cards which can support dual-head for Debian/Ubuntu
> (and Windows XP and Vista).
>
> Since there are always swings around about "best linux support" which
> I didn't follow, what's the order of the day? Should go with nVidia,
> AMD or maybe Intel? Any specific card families/models?
>
> The computers are a mix of older (2-3 years?) to new (2 months old),
> so the system bus might be a bit limited too.
>
> I don't need to run games or anything too fancy - just plain
> programming/surfing and remote desktop, though support for Compiz
> would be a nice bonus.
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