Messages in this thread |  | | From | Albert Cahalan <> | Subject | Re: Video card questions... | Date | Fri, 3 Jan 1997 07:04:34 -0500 (EST) |
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From: "David S. Miller" <davem@darkside.rutgers.edu> > >>> First: Why would you WANT more than 1 video card? no real need. >> >> Upcoming versions of Microsoft Windows will likely support this. >> If Linux does not, it will slip farther from acceptance as a >> desktop OS in the cubicle zone. > > Linux already supports it, on the Sparc at least. The Intel doesn't > support multiple heads yet? Come on guys, I'm the young port, you > need to do some catching up ;-)
I note that the Sparc has video support in the kernel. The Intel kernel lacks that basic feature, so X and other things run as root to bang the hardware directly. That is usually considered a Bad Thing in a secure multi-everything environment. See http://synergy.caltech.edu/~ggi/ for a project which hopes to fix the situation - yes, an X server does exist for i386 kernel graphics. Help is highly desired.
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