Re: PCIExpress and PCI video card together
On 4/20/06, Sebastian Haase <haase@msg.ucsf.edu> wrote:
> Gabor,
> The missing part was that the kernel option (or parameter)
> pci=nommconf
> needed to be added. (Maybe this is not needed in 2.6.16 anymore (but it
> probably is)...)
> Then it showed up in lspci.
> And XF86Config-4 can handle it nicely.
> I even found a web page where a guy describes how to run 3+ monitors all
> in one desktop (xinerama? no X screens) AND all OpenGL accelerated !!
>
Please share the link for reference...
> He said something about NvAgp vs apgart - and some other tricks...
>
> (Maybe this is nvidia specific - but mixing nvidia and ati should also work)
>
> Thanks for the reply
> Sebastian Haase
>
>
>
> Gabor Gombas wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 05:39:40PM -0700, Sebastian Haase wrote:
> >
> >> Is the PCI-X slot supported in the "default" kernel ? I use a precompiled
> >> 2.6.15 kernel. I checked the /boot/config-2.6.15... file but didn't
> >> recognise anything useful ...
> >
> > PCI-X should be supported (you can check it by removing the other VGA
> > card and leaving only the PCI-X card in the machine). The biggest
> > problem is having multiple VGA cards is not generally supported and only
> > works with certain models of certain vendors, and sometimes requires
> > manual tweakings. Google is your friend here, but do not expect much.
> >
> > Gabor
> >
>
>
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