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syme

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Registered: 2007-02-27

Posts: 21

System console dual head

I have a machine running dual head off of a nVidia geforce 7900gs, this if fine in X, but when i am in regular system console, it simply mirrors the same terminal on both monitors. Is it possible to run a different VT on each monitor? Is there any other way to make dual head from command line more useful?

Any Ideas, anyone?

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cactus.ed

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From: The lonesome crowded west

Registered: 2007-08-11

Posts: 31

Re: System console dual head

I have also been looking for info concerning this. In my small amount of research I found the fbset utility, it seems to support moving different ttys to different frame buffers. The problem is my /dev only contains one fb device (fb0). It seems my Nvidia 6600 (having two heads, a monitor connected to each) is being detected  as a single frame buffer. I have not had enough time to dig any further into this issue.

Let me know if you figure anything out,

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syme

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Registered: 2007-02-27

Posts: 21

Re: System console dual head

Thanks for the post, actually I only have one fb as well.
fbset sounds very promising though.

I'll post any more information I can find in this thread.

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dr_te_z

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From: Zoetermeer, the Netherlands

Registered: 2006-12-06

Posts: 154

Re: System console dual head

So. It should be possible to have a regular console session on 1 screen  and a graphical X session on the other, right?

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