BeOS, Win95 and Dual Video Cards 47
Deadric would like some help with the
following:
"Here is my problem, I'm currently running
Win95, and I installed BeOS R4 on my
computer. The problem is BeOS doesen't
currently like my video card. I just went
out and bought another 4 meg card that is
supported by BeOS, so I would like to know
the following: will windows have a problem
with having two different sets of video cards,
and each set connected to a different monitor?
Will I be able to get software to get dual
monitor support in Win95? Will there be
conflictions between the two video cards?"
Dan has the following hardware setup:
P2 333
8.4 gigs
64 meg ram
8 Meg AGP FireGL 1000
12 Meg Diamond Voodoo2
Windows 95/BeOS R4
Windows and MMD (Score:1)
Note that Windows 95 does NOT support multiple display devices (I believe that Number Nine has written a MMI hack for Windows NT to run multiple of the same display devices), you NEED Windows 98. Also note that if you have a tv input thing on your graphics card, it will not work if it is setup as secondary monitor.
The card which is first detected will be primary monitor. PCI is always detected before AGP, so be careful to account for that if you need to purchase a new card. Otherwise you can simply exchange the physical locations of the graphics cards to change the detection order.
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Windows and MMD (Score:1)
im running dual monitors with an ATI all-in-wonderpro and a matrox millenium, the millenium has a little dip switch on it that disables the card from loading with the the other pci devices and is not detected until the os starts (as far as i understand it, it was a used card with no manual and the matrox site wasnt very helpful) i believe that switch was labeled pci load or something.
the tv tuner feature ofcourse does not work on the second monitor.
in BeOS i get the loading kernel screen on my ATI card and then im thrown to the matrox
Im new to linux and have no clue as to how to get dual video cards in rh5.2, could someone contact me with help?
Buy OS/2 with XFree86 (Score:1)
system with Elsa cards go get dual display.
Now install XFree86OS2 to either run remote X
clients or local (native OS/2) X clients but
here is the kicker. VNC Server for Linux was
ported to XFree86OS2 and VNC Client to standard
OS/2 (Presentation Manager). See where I'm going?
On OS/2 you have in effect a GNU/Linux system
running with OS/2 and since OS/2 does dual
displays, you can run the VNC client to the X
session on one monitor and the other is the OS/2
desktop where you run OS/2, DOS, Windows16/32s,
Java, TCL/TK, etc. Windows gamers need not apply
cause only a few can be converted to run native
with Win32OS2. I turn heads now running both
OS/2 and XFree86OS2 with enlightenment (and
GNome) simultaineously on my laptop. Dual
monitors in this configuration would have people
looking for the other PC chasis.....
No joke. I just compile mico (mico is CORBA)
on OS/2 with minor makefile changes.
Locutus
such crap..What ever.. (Score:1)
Y DOSNT my FireGL 1000 Pro WORK in LINUX (Score:1)
basicly the surport for the fire gl 100 pro which is a agp card is sooo bad for my mates box dont know why I am useing Xfree 3.3.3-1 and it is SLOWW
(tryed emailing the people that wrote it but no reply)
I have tryed all the old tricks but nothing works in a 800 600 res it defualts to "no acc" in the additional options and the monitor settings for his screw up all the time anybidy have an Xconfig file or can tell me why
cheers trying to conevert him and this is not helping
(maybe even a beta of Xig openGL X (-; oh well)
Update (Score:1)
The one problem I did have in the begenning is that my primary monitor was running of the S3 virge, which i had set up on my secondary monitor, so each time I opened a window, it would open to my other monitor. I fixed this by having my 3S virge running with my Monster 3d2, instead of my prefered FireGL/Monster 3d2. It runs well for basic 2d programs and still runs great for games.
I was also wondering if anyone knew if BeOS would run with dual monitors? If anyone has any info on that, would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for the help.
shouldn't conflict... (Score:1)
Mike
Two heads are better than one. (Score:1)
What I miss most is the ability to have a browser on the right screen, a development ide on the left screen and executables running all over the place.
IMHO, the 2 17s is better. What I really want now is 2 21s. Once you use two monitors, you can't go back.
Cool off! (Score:1)
Good page for info on dual monitors (Score:1)
http://www.fastgraphics.com/edit-win98.html
such crap (Score:1)
is it that only articles from certain people get selected? or do articles get picked at random? or do most articles just get deleted. I have submmited many worthy articles that i believe to be exremly important to the linux community, yet they do not get posted. However this article get picked instead... I do believe that Slashdot should be run however Taco man feels to run his ship, but don't play games and pretend to care, cause after seeing this particular article among others getting displayed, it makes me wonder.
Win95 no Win98 yes (Score:1)
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"such crap" (Score:1)
Also, I think it's interesting to note that Clifton is seemingly the sole critique of "INTERESTING". Is anyone else offended by this setup? I'll concede that questions that can be answered by the FAQs shouldn't be addressed by Ask Slashdot, but other questions could be of value to more than just Clifton and the ordeals he is surrounded by.
By way of Datazone's post it seems clear to me that I am not alone in wondering why posts we have submitted to Ask Slashdot have been ignored.
Maybe it's time to open Slashdot a little more. Would it be possible to allow web access to those posts/suggestions that are weeded out?
Disable VGA (Score:1)
Two heads are better than one. (Score:1)
I got hooked on mutiple heads when I pieced together a Sun 4/330 four years ago. Eventually that system got replaced with a much faster pc running linux and I build another system to run nt. I like running exceed or something simular to access the linux stuff. But I missed the dual head. I did a little research and found out that matrox supported multiple heads under nt. So I bought another 15" monitor and the two video cards. So I have been dual head for a couple of years on a pc.
although I do not care for Winblows 98, it multi heads support is far better than under nt. I like being able to position the monitors anywhere and have different resolutions on them.
If I were you, Buy the 21 and keep the 17, buy two matrox cards and have both.
dhh
dual cards on linux and a failing x server (Score:1)
Anyone pulling this off? If so how, the dual monitors thing is one of two reasons micro$oft still owns my desktop.
(the other is lack of software support for apps I enjoy using such as homesite, paint shop pro..)
Win95 - no , Win98 - yes if (Score:1)
Quite a few of the MB manufacturers have released bios upgrades that allow you to choose your primary [boot] video device, be it PCI or AGP.
I know AOpen did for my board. [AX59 Pro]
"such crap" (Score:1)
Datazone, I don't think I've SEEN any submissions from you in a while, and I should know. Most of the Ask Slashdot submissions from the PAST MONTH are still sitting in the submissions box.
Folks, I ask PATIENCE with Ask Slashdot questions. They are NOT like Slashdot articles. If you have a fairly INTERESTING question (and I'm not talking anything related to FAQ) then I'll hold your question until I can fit it in.
Somewhere.
Complaints like these will NOT get your submissions processed any faster. If you have problems and would like to talk to me directly about these things, then the email address to use is with this post.
Rampant flames will be forwarded to
PCI & AGP @ the same time not supported (Score:1)
Don't really know but I'll try anyway (Score:1)
Multi-monitors on PCs (Score:1)
Without wishing to start an argument, some of the
other responses here are, AFAIK, incorrect.
95 and NT do NOT support multiple different cards
or screens. NT can do it but only with Matrox MGA
based cards, nothing else. MetroX also supports a
set of 2-4 Matroxes.
#9 do not support it at all, AFAIK.
BeOS also doesn't, regardless of cards.
Win98 supports almost any combination of cards if
the manufacturer's drivers are compliant. Some of
the common boards can't do this - e.g. Videologic
Apocalypse 3D and 5D.
There's no specific enabling/disabling; the PandP
BIOS does it.
I'm running Linux, NT, 95 and 98 on a two-card PC
here; only 98 can see the 2nd card & screen.
It should work, but one will be your primary VDU,
one the 2ndary, and the 2ndary will only function
under 98. Failing that, buy two Matroxes & a copy
of MetroX.
Upgrade to win98 (Score:1)
I run R4 on a setup _very_ similar to the one you describe.
P2 266
FireGL 1000 pro (agp)
Generic S3
Win98
Currently I'm not using the FireGL 1000, but win98 thinks it's monitor #2. BeOS sees the supported card just fine.