Re: [Xen-users] Xen future on workstation - dual head

[Scott Serr <serrs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mark Williamson wrote:
> > I've seen info on the hacked fglrx driver...  but it would be quite a
> > step back in Xen versions and linux kernel versions.
> >     
> Ubuntu Feisty includes a restricted modules package that works with the Xen 
> dom0 kernel though.  I don't know for sure that this includes a working fglrx 
> kernel module, though - but it'd be cool if it worked out of the box, 
> wouldn't it?
> Actually, I suspect you can just go ahead an install fglrx if you don't need 
> GL: the userspace portion of the driver is sufficient to do 2D, you just 
> won't get 3D acceleration.  I *think*.
>   
I didn't know that the restricted driver was Xen (dom0) compatible.  
I'll have to try that.  Really what I am after is the proprietary driver 
for so I can Rotate 90 degrees...  and so I can do dual head.  2D 
acceleration would be nice, but not necessary.
> > Others on this list, must do dual head on dom0, how?  Two cards and let
> > X stitch them together?
> >     
> That'd probably work too, but I guess it'd be a bit gross for you to have to 
> do that.
>   
It's just the old typical Xinerama setup.  But it would be cruel to 
force me to have 2 video cards when one dual output should do the job.  
Finding a good, old, cheap PCI card is hard.  Well at odds: good vs old 
and good vs cheap.
Thanks,
Scott

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