Subject: Re: Dual framebuffers on SS2?
To: Herb Peyerl <hpeyerl@beer.org>
From: Yubyub bird <jonl@yubyub.net>
List: port-sparc
Date: 05/20/2000 21:45:55
Herb Peyerl said on 2000-05-20:

> Anthony DeLorenzo <gonzo@vex.net>  wrote:
>  > 
>  > Hello...
>  > 
>  > Is it possible to use two framebuffers/displays with NetBSD/sparc on an
>  > SS2?  Is there a FAQ or HOWTO covering how to run dual displays?
> 
> works fine. I'm doing it on an SS5.  Just plug the two framebuffers in
> and presto.

How do the X servers handle keyboard/mouse input then?  I've been curious
about that for a while, but haven't tried.  Since they're different X
screens, they have to have 2 separate [logical] keyboards and mice, right?

-Curious in Brooklyn ;-)

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