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[ In reference to "Build a Six-headed, Six-user Linux System" in LG#124 ]
Dave Wiebe [dawiebe at gmail.com]
Hello,
In response to Bobs "Build a six headed, six user linux system"
I am curious to know if this would work on my laptop, using the laptop display screen and a monitor attached through the monitor connection at the back. Would my standard laptop ATI video card be able to support that (as I read somewhere that Dual Head video cards are preferred).
Thanks for your response.
--David Wiebe.
Laptop: Dell Inspiron 1501
Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
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On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 06:10:07PM -0700, Dave Wiebe wrote:
> Hello, > > In response to Bobs "Build a six headed, six user linux system" > I am curious to know if this would work on my laptop, using the laptop > display screen and a monitor attached through the monitor connection at > the back. Would my standard laptop ATI video card be able to support that > (as I read somewhere that Dual Head video cards are preferred). > > Thanks for your response.
A quick look at the "Requirements" section of the article says "For six seats, you'll also need a motherboard with an AGP slot and five available PCI slots" - i.e., not just multiple outputs for the same video hardware but actual multiple video cards. That sounds like it lets laptops out completely.
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