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Ron74

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Registered: 2010-01-24

Posts: 31

Help with dual monitors

I installed Arch on an old Asus MB, and have spent a couple days trying to get dual monitors working. The board is a P4S8X-X with no onboard video, an AGP slot, and six PCI slots.

First, I tried using an AGP card together with a PCI card with no luck.  I tried using two ATI pci video cards, again no good.

So, I downloaded a MB manual and discovered that the PCI slots and the AGP slot are all shared. Quote the manual: "When using PCI cards on shared slots, ensure that the drivers support 'Share IRQ" or that the cards do not need IRQ assignments.  Otherwise, conflicts will arise between the two PCI groups, making the system unstable and the card inoperable."

I'm wondering if dual monitors are possible with this board.  I have another Asus board with an AGP and three PCI slots apparently not shared.

Couple years ago, I installed dual monitors on my FreeBsd computer, using two cards on an MSI board, with no trouble.  What I'm looking for is two independent monitors, each able to run an application.  I use the JWM window manager. I haven't posted an xorg.conf file as there have been too many to display.

Any help is appreciated.

Ron74

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Registered: 2010-01-24

Posts: 31

Re: Help with dual monitors

Problem solved.  I switched motherboards and dual monitors are running.

Darksoul71

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Registered: 2010-04-12

Posts: 319

Re: Help with dual monitors

Please modify the thread topic with [solved]

Thanks,
D$

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