From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from server1.sidns.com ([69.93.35.66]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1C6zik-00039L-00 for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:54:50 -0400 Received: from dsl-202-173-132-131.nsw.westnet.com.au ([202.173.132.131] helo=localhost) by server1.sidns.com with esmtp (Exim 4.42) id 1C6zim-0000Ny-5R for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 22:54:52 +0000 Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 08:53:31 +1000 From: Luke Yelavich To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20040913225331.GA28871@luke-laptop.yelavich.home> References: <20040913222211.GA25523@romuald.net.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040913222211.GA25523@romuald.net.eu.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-PopBeforeSMTPSenders: themuso X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - server1.sidns.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - braille.uwo.ca X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - themuso.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Subject: Re: multiple displays in gnu/linux X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 22:54:50 -0000 On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 08:22:11AM EST, Gregory Nowak wrote: > I have a system here with 2 vga cards. When running gnu/linux on this > machine, it uses only the primary vga card as the display. Can someone > please tell me how to get gnu/linux to initialize and use the second > vga card? Thanks. As far as I know, this can only be done under X, which you probably don't need. If there is a way of doing it on the console, I would be interested in hearing how. Luke.