[PD] many DVI ports with Debian/Ubuntu and Gem

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

I could be convinced to use Mac OS X as a last resort, but never
Windows.  I've been burned too many times.  I've run many an
installation on Debian and I know that when I walk away, the thing will
run for 3 months without me doing anything.

.hc

Pagano, Patrick wrote:
> Hans 
> Does it have to be linux?
> I have 5 contiguous 1400x1050 x x x x x  giving 7000x1050 in Winxp, if  you are using GEM windows might be a solution 
> 
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> From: pd-list-bounces at iem.at [mailto:pd-list-bounces at iem.at] On Behalf Of Hans-Christoph Steiner
> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 5:08 PM
> To: cyrille henry
> Cc: PD list
> Subject: Re: [PD] many DVI ports with Debian/Ubuntu and Gem
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> The screens we are currently specing are 1080p, so each output should  
> be able to do 1080.  The idea is to have 10 contiguous screens all in  
> a line show one Gem space.  They can show up on the computer as  
> contiguous or separate screens, that doesn't matter, I can handle the  
> difference in Gem.  I think it might be easier to have them show up as  
> separate screens.
> 
> I can break it up across multiple computers if that's easier, I'm  
> mostly trying to reduce the expense.  I am just showing images, so not  
> heavy on the CPU/GPU.
> 
> .hc
> 
> On Jun 3, 2010, at 4:37 PM, cyrille henry wrote:
> 
>> hello,
>>
>> with things like doublehead2go, or triplehead2go  :
>> http://www.matrox.com/graphics/fr/products/gxm/th2go/
>> you can easily have lot's of screen on 1 computer.
>> (downside is that the screen are only horizontal)
>>
>> i made a 6 screen installation with a 400€ desktop having good  
>> performance.
>> (GPU was a NVIDIA 9600 or something : only use nvidia gpu on linux  
>> if you need good performance and are not afraid of proprietary  
>> driver).
>>
>> but what is the resolution of the screen?
>> to have a screen disposition like this :
>> x x x
>> x x x
>> is less a problem than like this :
>> x x x x x x
>> The size of openGL windows is hardware limited. usually 4096x4096,  
>> but can go up to 8192x8192 with GPU having lot's of memory (go for  
>> 1go video Ram).
>>
>> cyrille
>>
>> Le 03/06/2010 19:23, Hans-Christoph Steiner a écrit :
>>> I am looking into doing a 10 screen installation using Pd/Gem. I'd  
>>> like
>>> to run it on as few computers as possible. Anyone have any
>>> recommendations for Debian or Ubuntu setups that can have like many  
>>> DVI
>>> ports in one computer?
>>>
>>> .hc
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