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<H3 align="left"><img src="../../gx/dennis/qbubble.gif"
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>How can I turn on pc into two (effecively)?</H3>
<p><strong>From Chris Gibbs
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<p align="right"><strong>Answered By Jimmy O'Regan, Jim Dennis
</strong></p>
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Hi ya,
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<P><STRONG>
I have a dual headed system. I am not really happy with xinerama cause
having a different resolution on each monitor does not make sense for
me, and having two seperate Desktops for a single X session seems
limiting. Neither solution works well for apps like kwintv.
</STRONG></P>
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But this is linux! I don't just want to have cake and eat it I want the
factory that makes it! What I really want is to have a ps2 mouse and
keyboard associated with one monitor and associate a usb mouse and
keyboard with the other monitor and have ability not just to run X from
each, but to have text mode available also.
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<P><STRONG>
Idea also being I could have text mode session and X session at the same
time, that way I can have kwintv fullscreen and play advmame in svga
mode full screen at the same time
<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/smily.gif" ALT=";-)"
height="24" width="20" align="middle">
</STRONG></P>
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So how do I initialise the second video card (one pci, one agp) so I can
make it tty2 monitor or similar?
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> [Jimmy]
Google
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<A HREF="http://www.google.com/linux?hl=en&amp;lr=&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;q=two+keyboards+two+mice+two+keyboards&amp;btnG=Google+Search"
>http://www.google.com/linux?hl=en&amp;lr=&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;q=two+keyboards+two+mice+two+keyboards&amp;btnG=Google+Search</A>
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came up with these links:
<A HREF="http://www.ssc.com/pipermail/linux-list/1999-November/028191.html"
>http://www.ssc.com/pipermail/linux-list/1999-November/028191.html</A>
<A HREF="http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/3100/1"
>http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/3100/1</A>
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/qbub.gif" ALT="(?)"
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Am I greedy or wot?
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> [Jimmy]
Nah, cost effective. "Able to maximise the potential of sparse
resources". Some good CV-grade B.S.
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/qbub.gif" ALT="(?)"
HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
>
These links are to articles about X, I already know I can have X however
I want it accross the monitors. Thats easy...
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<P><STRONG>
What I want is seperate text mode consoles, so at risk of repeating
myself how do I initialise the second video card for text mode (not for
X) and how do I associate it with specific tty's
</STRONG></P>
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> [Jimmy]
Well, you could set up the first set for the console and use the second
for X Okay, not what you asked
<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/smily.gif" ALT=":)"
height="24" width="20" align="middle">. So, to your <EM>actual</EM> question.
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The device should be <TT>/dev/fb1</TT>, or <TT>/dev/vcs1</TT> and <TT>/dev/vcsa1</TT> on older
kernels. You should have better luck with a kernel with Framebuffer
support - according to the Linux Console Project
(<A HREF="http://linuxconsole.sourceforge.net"
>http://linuxconsole.sourceforge.net</A>) there's hotplug support &amp;
multiple monitor support. The Framebuffer HOWTO has a section on setting
up two consoles (<A HREF="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Framebuffer-HOWTO-14.html"
>http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Framebuffer-HOWTO-14.html</A>).
The example focuses on setting up dual headed X again, but it should
contain what you need - "an example command would be "con2fb <TT>/dev/fb1</TT>
<TT>/dev/tty6</TT>" to move virtual console number six over to the second
monitor. Use Ctrl-Alt-F6 to move over to that console and see that it
does indeed show up on the second monitor."
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> [JimD]
It's serendipitous that yhou should ask this question since I just came
across a slightly dated article on how to do this:
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<A HREF="http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/3100/1"
>http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/3100/1</A>
</BLOCKQuote></blockQuote>
<blockQuote>
Some of the steps in this process might be unnecessary in newer
versions of XFree86 and the kernel. I can't tell you for sure as I
haven't tried this. Heck, I haven't even gotten around to configuring
a dual headed Xinerama system, yet.
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