[ale] 2 video cards co-existing?n

[Vernard Martin]

> So I thought I'd chirp in on this discussion for just a moment.
> 
> I do have 3 video cards in my x86 machine.

I'm kinda curious as to what those cards are? 

> Running multiple PCI video cards: odl versions of xfree86 won't support it
> correctly.  you have to run something out of CVS (which you can't get unless
> you're an xfree developer).  

So what you are saying is that "it can be done but we can't do it unless we
become XFree86 developers"?
 
> AccelX's multihead stuff is pathetic - requires same card in both slots.
I am currently using this stuff and I'm got an AGP Number 9 Revolution 3D and a
PCI version of the same. Works ok but I can crash the server in my sleep. It
also doesn't support the SGRAM cards properly. Works ok with the WRAM ones
though. I have a separate machine that has two WRAM versions of those cards and
it works much better.

> metrox's mutlihead stuff is also less than adequate, wasn't impressed.
> besides, metrox (for those of you who don't know) is just an old version of
> xfree86 that has been hacked for more binary drivers.

Weird. I thought that Metro-X kept donating their technology to the XFree86
folks distro. I didn't realize it was the other way around :)

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