On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 11:23:45AM +0100, Stefan Dirsch wrote:
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 10:56:19AM +0100, Joerg Bruehe wrote:
Hi Stefan, all!
Stefan Dirsch wrote:
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I recommend to exchange your graphics card.
Assuming I was looking for a new machine or card - where would I find hints which cards work with dual-head, especially one screen rotated ?
The plain fact "card is supported in Linux" isn't detailed enough for such requirements.
Or, if that is easier to answer, what would you recommend ?
ATI Radeon >= X1xxx. There you can select between the RANDR 1.2 compatible radeonhd and the proprietary fglrx driver. When using a X1xxx card you have even 3D support with radeonhd driver (DRI driver for HD2xxx/3xxx/4xxx is still in development).
I'm using a X1650 running a 2x 1680x1050 setup with radeonhd driver, but none of the screens is rotated (can try this later). 3D works fine for me, e.g. GoogleEarth.
I can rotate one of both screens (but not both). You likely want to use EXA as acceleration method, otherwise there's no acceleration on the rotated screen. ATI Radeon X1550/X1650 is below 30 EUR at the moment. Also (still) available for PCIe, e.g. http://www.alternate.de/html/product/Grafikkarten_ATI_PCIe/MSI/RX1550-TD128EH/195794/?tn=HARDWARE&l1=Grafik&l2=Karten+PCIe&l3=ATI http://www.alternate.de/html/product/Grafikkarten_ATI_PCIe/MSI/RX1650PRO-TD256E/213999/?tn=HARDWARE&l1=Grafik&l2=Karten+PCIe&l3=ATI You might need to go to ebay to purchase an AGP card. Best regards, Stefan Public Key available ------------------------------------------------------ Stefan Dirsch (Res. & Dev.) SUSE LINUX Products GmbH Tel: 0911-740 53 0 Maxfeldstraße 5 FAX: 0911-740 53 479 D-90409 Nürnberg http://www.suse.de Germany ----------------------------------------------------------------- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) ----------------------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-xorg+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-xorg+help@opensuse.org