2 DVI monitors with G5 (1 ADC and 1 DVI port)

I have 2 Apple monitors with DVI connectors and a G5 with 1 DVI and 1 ADC port.
I have just bought a "DVI to ADC Adapter" but it looks backwards (for connecting an ADC monitor to a DVI port).
What can I do?

Hi-
You need an ADC to DVI adapter, like this. The description is very dated, but, this is what is needed to connect a DVI monitor to an ADC graphics port. This is another one.
So, you bought something like this?

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Hey Simon
I bought these monitors for their dual input functionality. The reason that I have the G4 connected to VGA is because I have another G5 connected the other way around in order to be able to use both computers, at any given time, with two screens.
Perhaps to make clear the connections I've done (if of course anyone is interested :)) ...
The G4 connects via ADC to DVI to the DVI input of Monitor No.1
The G5 connects via VGA to VGA to Monitor No.1
The G4 connects via DVI to VGA to Monitor No.2
The G5 connects via DVI to DVI to Monitor No.2
Another question would be why simply one mac isn't connected solely via DVI and the other one via VGA? The reason is that the VGA input looks awful on these screens for whatever reason. The image is seriously not sharp, the fonts looks horrendous and even with a lot of tweaking from the monitor settings, still I'd say the image is minging. If anyone knows why a VGA input can look that bad and still a monitor being in the market please let me know. It could be that this monitor is aimed to PC users and with the accompanying PC-only drivers all such are non-existent...Anyway I decided to go with the half DVI-half VGA solution to get the best out of the situation.
But on the question asked, I decided to use a 2 DVI input Avocent KVM that I've got with interesting results. I am pretty sure it is boring to read but if anyone has spare time here it goes:
The G4 connects via ADC to DVI to Monitor 1.
Monitor 2 DVI output connects to DVI KVM Input
The G4 connects via DVI to DVI to KVM Output 1
The G5 connects via DVI to DVI to KVM Output 2
The G5 still connects via VGA to VGA to Monitor 2
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Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
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1400x1050 60.0
1280x1024 60.0
1280x960 60.0
1024x768 60.0
800x600 60.3 56.2
640x480 59.9
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HDMI2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

Curious how well you got this working (and working with the nvidia driver). I have the same issue, and got it working using the intel and nouveau drivers. However, I am unable to drag windows to the second screen, use desktop effects, or modify the layout with xrandr. I tried installing the nvidia driver alongside the intel one, however there is a conflict between nvidia-utils and libgl that won't allow that.
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Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
HorizSync 30-94
VertRefresh 48-85
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Identifier "Screen0"
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Monitor "Monitor0"
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Depth 24
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EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
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DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
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18) xf86-video-intel-2.99.911-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz (remote)
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26) xf86-video-intel-2.99.907-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz (remote)
27) xf86-video-intel-2.99.907-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz (local)
28) xf86-video-intel-2.99.907-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz (remote)
29) xf86-video-intel-2.21.15-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz (local)
30) xf86-video-intel-2.21.15-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz (remote)
31) xf86-video-intel-2.21.14-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz (remote)
select a package by number: 16
loading packages...
warning: downgrading package xf86-video-intel (2.99.916-3 => 2.99.911-2)
resolving dependencies...
warning: cannot resolve "glamor-egl", a dependency of "xf86-video-intel"
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xf86-video-intel
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error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
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