Anyone using two monitors as extended desktop under FreeBSD??

Adam Vande More amvandemore at gmail.com
Tue Sep 29 14:02:19 UTC 2009


On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 8:51 AM, Jeronimo Calvo <
jeronimocalvop at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Im thinking to get a second monitor to use with my 7.2 STABLE
> workstation and my ati card using the following splitter:
>
>
> http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Peripherals/Cabling/HDMI%2FMonitor+Cables/DVI+Splitter+Cable+?productId=17127
>
> There is someone currently using any config like this?

I am except with nvidia.  It's how the dell optiplex 960 ships.


> In this case
> can you tell me a little bit about the experience?
>
No different than any other dual head setup on FreeBSD.  Depends on what
driver you'll be using but even standard ati + xrandr will provide what
you're looking for.


>
> My current GUI is KDE 3.5, and the Graphic card is a ATI HD7200,
>
> Cheers!
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