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On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 02:40:15PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> On 30/10/2013 04:32, Dale wrote: |
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> > Howdy, |
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> > Quick question. I have a Nvidia GeForce GT 220 video card. It has a |
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> > VGA and a HDMI connection. My question, if I hook a monitor to each |
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> > port, they will both have the same pic right? |
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> Depends on the card. |
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> It might have two "processors"[1], one for each output then it will be |
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> dual-head and you can have different output to each. |
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> Or it might have one "processor" and two outputs coming from the same |
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> place. That's the same picture on both, call this dual-screen if you will. |
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> ignore what Google says. Read the actual nVidia spec sheet, that tells |
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> you what you really have. |
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Well, even the teensie bitty graphics inside my netbook can manage two |
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separate screens between which windows can be moved around, albeit with |
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limited pixel count (1400x1050 is the maximum for external monitor). |
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I can't imagine there's anything weaker on the graphics market these |
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days than an Atom IGP from a few years ago. |
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That's within a single xorg session though, I never tried separate xorgs |
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per output. |
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$ xrandr --output LVDS --auto --primary --output VGA --left-of LVDS --auto |
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would give me two screens, the primary on the internal screen and on the |
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VGA output the second one which is logically placed left of the internal |
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picture. |
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Gruß | Greetings | Qapla’ |
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