[ltp] dualhead on T43 w/ Intel Graphics Media Acclerator card

Alex Deucher linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 28 Jun 2006 23:25:12 -0400


On 6/28/06, Paul Kaplan <pkaplan1@comcast.net> wrote:
> At work, I will be getting a Thinkpad T43 (1871) with the Intel Graphics Media
> Accelerator 900 (possibly 950) card and a Sony X95 (no DVI) monitor.
>
> Has anyone gotten such a setup to run dualhead?  Could you please post your
> xorg.conf file?  Is there more than one driver choice?
>
> Which is more likely to work, Xinerama or MergedFB?

there is no mergedfb support in the intel driver at the moment.
You'll have to use "regular" dualhead for the time being.

>
> Will glx work?

no hardware accelerated 3D with "regular" dualhead.

Alex

>
> Paul