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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