Subject: Re: 2 monitor setup
To: None <cwood@ichips.intel.com>
From: Ken Nakata <kenn@synap.ne.jp>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 04/20/1998 14:22:12
On Sun, 19 Apr 1998 19:44:08 -0700 (PDT),
Colin Wood <cwood@ichips.intel.com> wrote:
> Armen Babikyan wrote:
> > I have two monitors on my IIvx. one is running on internal video and the
> > other is running on nubus video. I can't find a way to make color 8-bit
> > (or 16-bit) work in any combination with the two monitors. the current
> > setup (which works) is the color nubus lkm and black and white internal
> > video , but adding the OFSA xserver (and booting up intvid to 16-bit
> > color) does not work. as far as i remember ( i did this a week ago or so),
> > the intvid was now color, but the nubus video did not work (little monitor
> > at the top of the screen).
> 
> I've played with this some myself.  Basically, it doesn't work :-(  I just
> don't think that enough consideration for multiple monitor setups has gone
> into the X server at this time.  You can always take a look at it and hack
> on it yourself, tho :-)

As I don't have a NuBus video card, I wasn't able to test the OSFA
server for multiple monitor setup myself.  As usual, I accept a loaner
NuBus video if it's known to work with Paul's SLOTMAN kernel ;-)

Ken