[SLE] general fb-question+ cushion effect
hi all, i have 2 computers, firewall and workstation, they are 5 meters apart, but their screens are next to each other on my desk. works fine, apart from the ugly pincushion effect on my screen, even at low resolution o... can i somehow correct the cushion-effect via software, the card is a millenium mga 2064W (rev 1) 2meg? or, even better... is it possible to use the framebufferdevice to make two vgacards coexist in peace? I would perhaps want to have both graphics cards in my workstation, a p2 at 266, which has has an onboard 215GB Mach64 GB (rev 5c) 4meg [rage pro, i think] , the machine is a compaq presario 4840. i looked at the docu in linux/Doc.../fb/ and read something like being able to choose, which vgacard should be reserved by the fb driver at boot time with some switch being dev:X where x is supposed to be the number of the vgadevice in lspci output. this should tell the fbdriver which one to talk to, and that it should leave the other one alone. Have i understood this correctly? the project i have, is to have two independant graphical surfaces on 2 screen right next to each other, now does the framebuffer-module enable the use of two x-servers, one being the normal xf86_mach64 and the other being xf86_fb running ontop of the matroxfb or the vesafb module? i could then use the x2x program to transfer mouse and keyboard input from screen to screen. Possible? btw., will my machine boot with 2 cards in it?, will i have to set some jumpers or biosvalues etc. ? thanks already, Alex -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
On Sun, 27 Feb 2000, Robert Alexander Stragies wrote:
hi all,
i have 2 computers, firewall and workstation, they are 5 meters apart, but their screens are next to each other on my desk. works fine, apart from the ugly pincushion effect on my screen, even at low resolution
so... can i somehow correct the cushion-effect via software, the card is a millenium mga 2064W (rev 1) 2meg?
The only sort of software that could possibly help is stuff like telnet or ssh. These would allow you to turn off (and possibly remove) one of the monitors. If you have two monitors close together that are running at different frequencies, or even at the same frequency but not exactly synchronized to each other, you get this sort of effect. What the signal source is, doesn't matter. You can do the same thing with a pair of VCRs and two TVs. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
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