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On 15/10/2020 17:31, Jack wrote: |
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> On 2020.10.15 00:03, Wols Lists wrote: |
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>> On 14/10/20 22:37, Jack wrote: |
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>>> Why do you need two graphics cards? I've been driving two monitors |
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>>> off each of the last several graphics cards I've used - both nVidia |
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>>> and ATI, from simple PCI to PCIE needing the extra power connector. |
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>> Because I'm not driving two monitors. I'm running a two-user system. |
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>> AIUI, each session needs its own graphics card (which could drive two |
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>> monitors for that user). |
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> Now that would be an interesting project - a single instance of X, but |
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> split between two different users, each on a separate monitor. I agree |
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> it's not feasible now, as xorg runs as the owning user. I would expect |
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> Wayland has the same restriction. Actually, I would find it interesting |
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> to have a separate session on each monitor just in plain text mode. |
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> Was the second graphics card you tried using also PCIE? If so, I wonder |
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> if you might get it to work with a PCI card as the second graphics card. |
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I haven't done it yet, it's the new system I'm building. And it's going |
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to be an interesting experience :-) |
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But from everything I've found, it seems like there's no problem binding |
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one instance of X to one card/keyboard/mouse, and a different instance |
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to the other card/keyboard/mouse (or Wayland). |
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Cheers, |
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Wol |
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