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No Dual monitor support for S3 Inc. 86C270-294 Savage/IX-MV (rev 13)



Hi,

I have a dual-head video card in my laptop. well i have 1 extra VGA
out on the back.
in windows, when i plug a monitor in, i get two different screens.
just like a dual monitor setup.

i cant seem to get this to work in debian. i've read

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Dual_Monitors
http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum40/1603.htm
http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/10/05/025207

but they dont seem to give me the info i need? or at least explain
what needs to be done to a newb.

please help??

here is my lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX
Host bridge (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP
bridge (rev 03)
00:05.0 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:05.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:05.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:05.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 03)
00:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro
100] (rev 09)
00:08.1 Serial controller: Xircom Mini-PCI K56Flex Modem
00:0b.0 CardBus bridge: Toshiba America Info Systems ToPIC100 PCI to
Cardbus Bridge with ZV Support (rev 20)
00:0b.1 CardBus bridge: Toshiba America Info Systems ToPIC100 PCI to
Cardbus Bridge with ZV Support (rev 20)
00:0c.0 Multimedia audio controller: Yamaha Corporation YMF-754 [DS-1E
Audio Controller]
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. 86C270-294 Savage/IX-MV (rev 13)


thanks
Malik



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