[NCLUG] dualhead dvi video card w. open drivers ?

[Mike Jensen]

Yea but just FYI the latest version does work on 2.6 or I wouldn't be able to 
type you this email in fluxbox.
On Tuesday 18 May 2004 14:04, Gabriel L. Somlo wrote:
> On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 01:51:47PM -0600, Mike Jensen wrote:
> > I have an nvidia card with proprietary drivers running dual head....are
> > you intrested in looking at my XF86Config?
>
> Thanks -- I did get it to work with the proprietary drivers, but it
> was on a 2.4 kernel.
>
> FC2 comes with a 2.6, and there were rumors about how the proprietary
> driver crashes the system unless you do some kernel cmdline voodoo.
>
> So now's my big chance to hand the card over to a windows-using
> coworker, and get a new dual-head card. I wanted to get something that
> allowed dual-dvi at 1600x1200 and had open drivers. Matrox used to be
> cool, but their 550 card maxes out at 1200x1024. The p650 suffers from
> the same problem -- closed drivers, that will get in my way one day
> down the road, if not immediately (like this nvidia thing is getting
> in my way now that I want to install FC2).
>
> So I'm in the market for a new card, and wanted recommendations on how
> to vote with my wallet :) :)
>
> Thanks,
> Gabriel
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