[GRLUG] PCI VGA Help

[Michael Mol]

On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 8:54 AM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Apr 2011, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 2011-04-19 at 11:44 -0500, L. V. Lammert wrote:
>> > Need someone with knowledge of hw - we have a passive backplane system
>> > with ISA & PCI where we need a 2nd monitor (Ubuntu 10.04).
>>
>> Can you be more precise about "have a passive backplane system"?
>>
> In what way? 10 ISA + 6 PCI? Two slots are ISA/PCI for the CPU and a
> spare.

Sounds like my old desktop, of which I can't find a picture.

I tried setting up multiple video cards, but was unsuccessful.

However, in your case, I suggest trying a different monitor, or even
specifying modelines in your X config. The monitor or video card might
not support DDC/I2C, which is how the monitor reports its capabilities
to the computer. (Or the X server might not support DDC/I2C from a
video card that old; Xorg has real problems with bitrot for drivers
for older cards)

The other possibility is to get a highish-end NVidia card with
multiple video ports on it, but using a PCI bus. I think Matrox still
sells cards like that, too.

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