well.. I decided to install xfree86, to my damnsmall project, which is v4.3 and should include xinerama, my primary card is ati rage 128 pro agp with viewsonic monitor..I added an ati pci mach64vt card and ibm g40 monitor and the fx86 config-4 below the computer boots... boot text shows on the second monitor and then x boots on the primary but no dual monitors, is this an issue with the config file or something else? the sys is p3 650mhz/384meg ram..bios set pci currently ------------------- This is the xf86config-4 Section "Files" FontPath "unix/:7100" # local font server # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" #FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo" #FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" EndSection Section "Module" Load "GLcore" Load "bitmap" Load "dbe" Load "ddc" Load "dri" Load "extmod" Load "freetype" Load "glx" Load "int10" Load "record" Load "speedo" Load "type1" Load "vbe" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Generic Keyboard" Driver "keyboard" Option "CoreKeyboard" Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" Option "XkbModel" "pc104" Option "XkbLayout" "us" EndSection # This is a config for a generic imPS/2 wheel mouse. If you have a non-wheel mouse, # you will want to comment this out and use the other config below. Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Generic Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" Option "SendCoreEvents" "true" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Protocol" "imPS/2" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection # This is the config for a standard ps/2 mouse. If you need to use it, comment out # the above config and uncomment this one. You may need to manually set the device # name to whatever your mouse is. #Section "InputDevice" # Identifier "Generic Mouse" # Driver "mouse" # Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" # Option "Protocol" "PS/2" # Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" #EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "ati technology inc rage 128 pf/pro agp 4x tmds" Driver "ati" BusID "AGP:1:0:0" Option "Bus type" "agp" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "ViewSonic Monitor" #HorizSync 28-50 #VertRefresh 43-75 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "LeftScreen0" Device " ATI Technology Inc Rage 128 PF/PRO AGP 4x TMDS" Monitor "ViewSonic Monitor" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 1 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 4 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "ATI Technology Inc 264 VT [Mach64 VT] (rev40)" Driver "ati" BusID "PCI:0:0:0" Option "Bus type" "pci" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "IBM Monitor" #HorizSync 28-50 #VertRefresh 43-75 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "RightScreen1" Device "ATI Technology Inc 264 VT [Mach64 VT] (rev40)" Monitor "IBM Monitor" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 1 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 4 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "xfree86 configured" Screen 0 "LeftScreen0" 1 0 Screen 1 "RightScreen1" RightOf "LeftScreen0" InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" InputDevice "Generic Mouse" EndSection Section "DRI" Mode 0666 EndSection Section "ServerFlags" Option "xinerama" "true" EndSection

likely the kernal does not support such things...ubuntu was so slow on this box I was not inspired to install at all and the same issue has been posted for it so maby I will try dual monitors on windows instead..dsl is very quick on this machine..although I had wanted to try ubuntu or mepis on it..maby there is a cheat code to turn on dma for them...who knows...thanks anyway

Oops....wrong busid for number two...works with 640..although will do 800 as single so limitations and tweaking aside I have dual monitoring and need to clean up the config a bit...