[PD] video cards

[Marc Lavallée]

guenter geiger wrote:

> ... and under Linux DRI does not support  PCI cards ..

Can you tell us where this information comes from?

About the Matrox cards under Linux:
I discovered that MGAHALlib, a closed source library, is required for 
the TV out option, and that 3D hardware acceleration doesn't work on 
the second monitor.  So Matrox cards in a fully GPL compliant Linux 
environment are good mostly for 2D dual-head operation in VGA mode.
3D is still available on the 1st screen and good enough for non-gamers.
http://dri.sourceforge.net/doc/DRIuserguide.html

For a list of Multi-headed Linux displays:
http://www.evl.uic.edu/pape/CAVE/linux/multi-head.html

Marc