Comments on: lust http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/02/03/lust/ Ramblings on software, law, and the spaces in between. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Luis Villa’s Blog / oh great lazyweb- of video cards and portrait monitors, again http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/02/03/lust/comment-page-1/#comment-24742 Luis Villa’s Blog / oh great lazyweb- of video cards and portrait monitors, again Sat, 11 Aug 2007 01:28:48 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/02/03/lust/#comment-24742 [...] think my question last time I asked about video cards was poorly phrased, because almost all the comments I got did not actually answer the question. And [...] [...] think my question last time I asked about video cards was poorly phrased, because almost all the comments I got did not actually answer the question. And [...]

]]> By: Jeff http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/02/03/lust/comment-page-1/#comment-9036 Jeff Mon, 05 Mar 2007 15:59:28 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/02/03/lust/#comment-9036 How about a Matrox G450 card ? These have two heads (like 2 video card in one) and Free Software drivers. You can pick one up for under $20 (on ebay for example). The image made by these cards is stunning - put a nvidia card next to a matrox on the same type of monitor and you'll see the difference. Why are these cards not more common in hackerdom ? How about a Matrox G450 card ? These have two heads (like 2 video card in one) and Free Software drivers. You can pick one up for under $20 (on ebay for example).

The image made by these cards is stunning – put a nvidia card next to a matrox on the same type of monitor and you’ll see the difference.

Why are these cards not more common in hackerdom ?

]]> By: Tim Armstrong http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/02/03/lust/comment-page-1/#comment-6486 Tim Armstrong Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:02:59 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/02/03/lust/#comment-6486 Luis, I am driving two Dell 1907FPs with a Radeon X600 under Gentoo with v8.32.5 of the binary ATI drivers (in landscape, not portrait mode). Pluses: lots and lots of text visible at the same time, and it was easy to set up X to treat the two screens as a single desktop at 2560x1024 (there are some interesting 2560x1024 wallpapers out there; this is apparently a common enough configuration to have inspired several people to set up web galleries of art optimized for this size). Minuses: no fullscreen video playback (setting fullscreen mode just blanks the rest of the screen around the clip but doesn't enlarge it to fill the available space); also this is my office setup, so I haven't tested how well it would work for gaming, but I imagine the answer is, fairly poor. :-) Luis, I am driving two Dell 1907FPs with a Radeon X600 under Gentoo with v8.32.5 of the binary ATI drivers (in landscape, not portrait mode). Pluses: lots and lots of text visible at the same time, and it was easy to set up X to treat the two screens as a single desktop at 2560×1024 (there are some interesting 2560×1024 wallpapers out there; this is apparently a common enough configuration to have inspired several people to set up web galleries of art optimized for this size). Minuses: no fullscreen video playback (setting fullscreen mode just blanks the rest of the screen around the clip but doesn’t enlarge it to fill the available space); also this is my office setup, so I haven’t tested how well it would work for gaming, but I imagine the answer is, fairly poor. :-)

]]> By: Murray Cumming http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/02/03/lust/comment-page-1/#comment-6465 Murray Cumming Mon, 05 Feb 2007 09:46:20 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/02/03/lust/#comment-6465 This looks remarkably like the screens that I saw through the windows at almost every desk at Google, while at the Ubuntu summit. Should work with Ubuntu then. This looks remarkably like the screens that I saw through the windows at almost every desk at Google, while at the Ubuntu summit. Should work with Ubuntu then.

]]> By: Jeff Bailey http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/02/03/lust/comment-page-1/#comment-6424 Jeff Bailey Sun, 04 Feb 2007 14:17:25 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/02/03/lust/#comment-6424 Weighing in on the dual 24" versus the 30", I've always prefered dual monitors in Xinerama mode. I really like the convenience of being able to maximize a window to one monitor as a convenience factor. (I know I could use sawfish and hack it yada yada, whatever. I'm never going to.. *g*) The downside to the dual setup like this would be watching movies. If you win the lottery, two of those on either side of a 30" could be sweet, however. And would make for awesome flight sims ;) Weighing in on the dual 24″ versus the 30″, I’ve always prefered dual monitors in Xinerama mode. I really like the convenience of being able to maximize a window to one monitor as a convenience factor.

(I know I could use sawfish and hack it yada yada, whatever. I’m never going to.. *g*)

The downside to the dual setup like this would be watching movies.

If you win the lottery, two of those on either side of a 30″ could be sweet, however. And would make for awesome flight sims ;)

]]> By: Scott Lamb http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/02/03/lust/comment-page-1/#comment-6418 Scott Lamb Sun, 04 Feb 2007 12:04:24 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/02/03/lust/#comment-6418 Two Dell 2407FPWs are nothing to laugh at, either. $1380 total ($720 cheaper). They don't fit together quite so closely, but they're 24", 1920x1280, and swivel into portrait mode. Two Dell 2407FPWs are nothing to laugh at, either. $1380 total ($720 cheaper). They don’t fit together quite so closely, but they’re 24″, 1920×1280, and swivel into portrait mode.

]]> By: smk http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/02/03/lust/comment-page-1/#comment-6415 smk Sun, 04 Feb 2007 10:35:13 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/02/03/lust/#comment-6415 I have this setup working on nVidia drivers. You need to setup TwinView, one monitor _above_ the other and XRandr rotation 90 degrees right. Works perfect. :-) I have this setup working on nVidia drivers.
You need to setup TwinView, one monitor _above_ the other and XRandr rotation 90 degrees right. Works perfect. :-)

]]> By: Christopher Sachs http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/02/03/lust/comment-page-1/#comment-6391 Christopher Sachs Sat, 03 Feb 2007 21:31:13 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/02/03/lust/#comment-6391 I agree with sb about the Dell 3007WFP. It's $825 cheaper, doesn't have a big gap in the middle, and has a higher resolution of 2560x1600. The downside is you need a dual-link DVI port on your video card--not a video card with two DVI ports, dual-link is a different standard. You can get an nVidia card for well under $100 dollars with dual-link and it will work with nVidia's binary blob drivers. It's hard to find a video chipset with free drivers (like Intel's 945GM) with even a signle DVI port, let alone two DVI ports--you have to by a motherboard just to get the chip and the motherboards have only a VGA port, no DVI. LAME! I agree with sb about the Dell 3007WFP. It’s $825 cheaper, doesn’t have a big gap in the middle, and has a higher resolution of 2560×1600. The downside is you need a dual-link DVI port on your video card–not a video card with two DVI ports, dual-link is a different standard. You can get an nVidia card for well under $100 dollars with dual-link and it will work with nVidia’s binary blob drivers.

It’s hard to find a video chipset with free drivers (like Intel’s 945GM) with even a signle DVI port, let alone two DVI ports–you have to by a motherboard just to get the chip and the motherboards have only a VGA port, no DVI. LAME!

]]> By: sb http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/02/03/lust/comment-page-1/#comment-6389 sb Sat, 03 Feb 2007 20:49:52 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/02/03/lust/#comment-6389 Just get one of these bad boys and be done with it: http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=222-0863 Cheaper and more useful. I'd get one but I feel like I'd better get a job first... Just get one of these bad boys and be done with it: http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=222-0863 Cheaper and more useful.

I’d get one but I feel like I’d better get a job first…

]]> By: Frederik http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/02/03/lust/comment-page-1/#comment-6387 Frederik Sat, 03 Feb 2007 20:01:10 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/02/03/lust/#comment-6387 In the past, I had a dual screen setup with a Thinkpad R52 laptop with the laptop screen and an external TFT. This was with an ATI X300 board, with free radeon drivers included in X.org. This setup is called MergedFB, and should be supported on any ATI Radeon card which is supported by the free drivers. In the past, I had a dual screen setup with a Thinkpad R52 laptop with the laptop screen and an external TFT. This was with an ATI X300 board, with free radeon drivers included in X.org. This setup is called MergedFB, and should be supported on any ATI Radeon card which is supported by the free drivers.

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