Adding monitors

Can i add a 3rd and 4th monitor to an HP Slimline 5000 series using USB to VGA adaptors? This PC cannot be expanded.

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Without the exact specifics of your computer, we are merely guessing. Typically, you can add multiple displays using one or more USB-to-video adapter such as the eVGA UV Plus+ UV39. The UV39 is my recomendation of choice.
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PB G4 as added monitor

I just purchased a new iMac 20" and would like to also use my previous PGB4 as an added monitor, for applications other than graphics ones. I have no idea how to do that, any chance I could get some advice?
I also use a Wacom Intuos3 graphic tablet, is there anything I should do in regards to that?
Here are my iMac specs.
Thanks for the help!
Model Identifier: iMac8,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores:2
L2 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: IM81.00C1.B00
SMC Version: 1.29f1
Serial Number:xx

Hello,
That is the only way:
Holy Grail
I would recommend using an IP over Firewire network as this is probably the fastest network you can establish between the Macs and should give the best performance.
regards
mrtotes

Dual Monitors - Adding Monitor to HP Pavilion p7-1287c

HP Pavilion p7-1287c desktop. Trying to add 2nd monitor. Got: 8gb ddr3, Intell HD graphics, 1 tb hard drive, Windows 7 64-bit. Bought a PNY GeForce 210 graphics card. Installed card without drivers installed and both monitors screens black. Removed card, and tried to install drivers via CD and website, and they both say card not installed. Also, without card, installing driver via CD, incompatible with current drivers message results. Radio Shack cable splicer worked but I didn't care for the low resolution.
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Hi:
Did you try hooking up both monitors, one to the DVD-I port and the other to the VGA port on the back of your PC?
Sometimes that works.
Does the BIOS in your PC have a setting where you have to enable the PCIe video adapter?
On all of my HP business desktops, adding a video card automatically disables the onboard graphics but on some consumer models, you need to actually enable the PCIe video adapter with a setting.

Adding monitors to a laptop

i just added an additonal monitor to my laptop and i need a second one to total three. They all need to be capable of showing different windows at the same time, is this possible? I dont have another VGA outlet on my laptop, is there an adapter. Also, since I attached the 1st monitor, my computer will go to a blue screen and I have to shut it down and reboot. Is there, is there some other software that I need, none came with the monitor. Thanks
Solved!
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FELICIA1973 wrote:
i just added an additonal monitor to my laptop and i need a second one to total three. They all need to be capable of showing different windows at the same time, is this possible? I dont have another VGA outlet on my laptop, is there an adapter. Also, since I attached the 1st monitor, my computer will go to a blue screen and I have to shut it down and reboot. Is there, is there some other software that I need, none came with the monitor. Thanks
Adding a third monitor port will be difficult. You MIGHT be able to find an ExpressCard video card, or you can get a DisplayLink USB video adapter. The ExpressCard solution will perform much better than the USB solutions. The USB solutions will only be useful for basic word processing and spreadsheet tasks - you will NOT be able to play video on them or do anything 3D.
As to the bluescreen - no clue, shouldn't be happening. Update your video card drivers is about the only reccommendation I can give.
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Urgent - iMac G4 Flat Panel - Is Adding Monitor or Flat Screen TV Possible?

Hello,
As a present to my husband (mac guru) I would like to know if with his iMac Flat Panel G4, is it better to buy a 28 inch samsung computer monitor (flat panel) that he can also hook up his mac to or a kind of flat screen/panel LCD TV. The guys at futureshop and bestbuy seem to be "confused" when talking about macs and not pcs. With the computer monitor, there seems to be questions on if we'll be able to hook up our satellite tv... and with the tvs, there seems to be confusion on if we can hook up the computer. One of the reasons I want to hook the computer directly is my husband has had problems converting (burning to DVD) some videos with music background from iPhoto without doing a software update which requires us to change the timing with the audio and video in our already created slideshows. Please help quickly as some sales finish tomorrow. I need to know what to tell the store... i.e. what kind of jack or cables or capability I am looking for. Do I ask for USB port, coaxil input or what? Thanks in advance,
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Yes you can connect a display or monitor but exactly which ones depends on which iMac G4 you have.
All iMac G4s have a Mini VGA port this will allow you to connect any standard PC Monitor (with a VGA connector) and mirror the iMac's internal display only. The later iMac G4's also allow the connection of S-Video and Composite Video devices (most TV's have this type of input) which allows you to mirror the display on to the TV.
The MiniVGA to VGA and Mini VGA to S-Video/Composite adaptors are for sale online in the Apple Store ($19US/£15) or here.
If you wanted to extend the screen size again it is possible on some iMacs but requires a firmware hack that will invalidate your warranty.
I can't understand how having an external display will solve the burning to DVD issues though.....
Post back with your Screen size and processor speed for exact info - or read this recent post
regards
mrtotes

What is the key stroke to get dashboard viewed on added monitor

I have a laptop that has a video card going out. I have a second monitor attached and needed the command to view the dashboard on the second monitor instead of the laptop screen.

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I want to add a monitor in addition to the 2 specially for the video scopes for color correcting. I will need an other video card?
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I'm always an advocate for hardware scopes. There is no other way to really accurately judge the signal from your output device.
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I have an iMac that I want to connect to a flat screen tv. I have used a VGA cable with an adaptor for the Mac. Doesn't work. Should I be using a DVI??

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Cannot remove file menu from split screen monitors.

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[SOLVED] HDMI audio not working on new TV

I got a new TV and I get no sound through HDMI from my arch htpc.
However, I don't think the problem is the TV because:
1) Audio from other hdmi sources works
2) When i connect the htpc to a monitor through hdmi and restart, the audio works. While still on, if I disconnect the monitor and reconnect the TV, the audio works through hdmi
It seems that the problem stems from auto-detection of the hdmi. I have also noticed that if i start the htpc unconnected to a display and then try to connect it after it has booted up, i get no video as well. Shouldnt hdmi cables be hot pluggable.
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Solved by adding monitor's EDID in xorg.conf. The steps to fix with an nvidia card are:
1) Connect device with which audio works (in my case the monitor)
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Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP"
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Two audio interfaces but different uses in one system

Hi,
I have already got an audio interface for recording and run smoothly.
Recently I get another audio interface (M-Audio Firewire 410). I want to add it to my system as a standalone mixer in which the outputs will be connected to 2 another active monitors, the inputs of this "mixer" are connected to audio outputs of a DVD player.
So, I can control the DVD volume by the knob on the Firewire 410 and by the M-Audio software in my Mac but my original audio set up doesn't change.
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You need to give complete details of the audio, exactly what is it, how many tracks, what's the channel configuration?
Can you post screen shots of what you're doing and what happens?
In expanding audio components in the timeline I can see what looks like an extra audio clip married to this one on a different track which has no signal, but I can't delete that additional audio clip.
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Installation grid infra 11g r2 error

OEL 5.4
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when starting 'Automatic Storage Managment Configuration Assistant' i get error INS-20802 (during installation)
INFO: Command /opt/u02/app/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/bin/asmca -silent -oui_internal -configureASM -diskString /dev/oracleasm/disks -diskGroupName DATA -diskLi
INFO: ... GenericInternalPlugIn.handleProcess() entered.
INFO: ... GenericInternalPlugIn: getting configAssistantParmas.
INFO: ... GenericInternalPlugIn: checking secretArguments.
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INFO: Read: SYS_PASSWORD_PROMPT
INFO: Processing: SYS_PASSWORD_PROMPT for argument tag -sysAsmPassword
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Hi,
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maybe this helps.
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DWM Bottom Bar Interface Patch

NOTE: THE PATCH IS POSTED BELOW IN MY SECOND POST IN THIS THREAD. INSTRUCTIONS FOR FORMATTING THE ROOT WINDOW REMAIN THE SAME AS IN THIS POST.
I modified the DWM code so that instead of one bar, it is possible to have two at the same time, one on the top and one on the bottom. They can both be hidden separately with key combinations and are managed by DWM, and so both act like normal status bars (i.e. windows behave properly around them). The top bar shows the standard DWM info, along with anything that is piped to the root window with xsetroot (as is standard). But if the bottom bar is enabled, a second bar shows up. This bar also shows information from the root window. If you were to want the text "this is the top" to appear in the top bar and "this is the bottom" to appear in the bottom bar, you would format it to the root window like so: "this is the topBOTTOM=this is the bottom".
I was just asking to check if there is a demand for such a patch; if there is, I will clean up my version and post it here.
Screenshot of the two bars "in action":
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/1943/t … enshot.jpg
The scrolling breaking news on the bottom is another patch for conky that enables rss feeds to scroll on one line. If anyone wants this patch I will provide it as well.
Moderator edit: read the rules on posting screenshots
Last edited by .:B:. (2010-06-27 12:43:28)

Alright, after a long while (sorry), here's the patch and instructions. First, download and extract (I had to compress it for the upload sites to work) this patch to a directory on your computer:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/q2nq5mwml … ar.diff.gz
The text of the patch is provided below ONLY FOR REFERENCE. The formatting is off and the patch ends up not working. Use the linked patch.
diff -r fd72a695c7f2 -r 02377b01f0c6 dwm.c
--- a/dwm.c Sat Feb 06 18:11:01 2010 -0500
+++ b/dwm.c Sat Feb 06 18:17:56 2010 -0500
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@
float mfact;
int num;
int by; /* bar geometry */
+ int bby; /* ADDED bottom bar geometry */
int mx, my, mw, mh; /* screen size */
int wx, wy, ww, wh; /* window area */
unsigned int seltags;
@@ -132,11 +133,16 @@
unsigned int tagset[2];
Bool showbar;
Bool topbar;
+ // ADDED info on bottom bar
+ Bool showbottombar;
+ Bool bottombar;
Client *clients;
Client *sel;
Client *stack;
Monitor *next;
Window barwin;
+ // ADDED bottom bar window pointer
+ Window bbarwin;
const Layout *lt[2];
@@ -242,6 +248,7 @@
/* variables */
static const char broken[] = "broken";
static char stext[256];
+static char btext[256];
static int screen;
static int sw, sh; /* X display screen geometry width, height */
static int bh, blw = 0; /* bar geometry */
@@ -505,6 +512,8 @@
XUnmapWindow(dpy, mon->barwin);
XDestroyWindow(dpy, mon->barwin);
+ XUnmapWindow(dpy, mon->bbarwin);
+ XDestroyWindow(dpy, mon->bbarwin);
free(mon);
@@ -553,6 +562,7 @@
updatebars();
for(m = mons; m; m = m->next)
XMoveResizeWindow(dpy, m->barwin, m->wx, m->by, m->ww, bh);
+ XMoveResizeWindow(dpy, m->bbarwin, m->wx, m->bby, m->ww, bh);
arrange(NULL);
@@ -613,6 +623,9 @@
m->mfact = mfact;
m->showbar = showbar;
m->topbar = topbar;
+ // ADDED monitor setup
+ m->bottombar = bottombar;
+ m->showbottombar = bottombar ? True : False;
m->lt[0] = &layouts[0];
m->lt[1] = &layouts[1 % LENGTH(layouts)];
strncpy(m->ltsymbol, layouts[0].symbol, sizeof m->ltsymbol);
@@ -723,6 +736,16 @@
drawtext(NULL, dc.norm, False);
XCopyArea(dpy, dc.drawable, m->barwin, dc.gc, 0, 0, m->ww, bh, 0, 0);
+ if (m->showbottombar)
+ {
+ dc.x = 0;
+ dc.w = TEXTW(btext);
+ drawtext(btext, dc.norm, False);
+ dc.x += dc.w;
+ dc.w = m->ww - dc.x;
+ drawtext(NULL, dc.norm, False);
+ XCopyArea(dpy, dc.drawable, m->bbarwin, dc.gc, 0, 0, m->ww, bh, 0, 0);
+ }
XSync(dpy, False);
@@ -1716,6 +1739,14 @@
CWOverrideRedirect|CWBackPixmap|CWEventMask, &wa);
XDefineCursor(dpy, m->barwin, cursor[CurNormal]);
XMapRaised(dpy, m->barwin);
+ // ADDED drawing bottom bar
+ if (m->bottombar) {
+ m->bbarwin = XCreateWindow(dpy, root, m->wx, m->bby, m->ww, bh, 0, DefaultDepth(dpy, screen),
+ CopyFromParent, DefaultVisual(dpy, screen),
+ CWOverrideRedirect|CWBackPixmap|CWEventMask, &wa);
+ XDefineCursor(dpy, m->bbarwin, cursor[CurNormal]);
+ XMapRaised(dpy, m->bbarwin);
+ }
@@ -1730,6 +1761,13 @@
else
m->by = -bh;
+ // ADDED geometry of window
+ if (m->showbottombar) {
+ m->wh -= bh;
+ m->bby = m->wy + m->wh;
+ }
+ else
+ m->bby = -bh;
Bool
@@ -1890,8 +1928,43 @@
void
updatestatus(void) {
- if(!gettextprop(root, XA_WM_NAME, stext, sizeof(stext)))
+ char buftext[512];
+ if(!gettextprop(root, XA_WM_NAME, buftext, sizeof(buftext)))
strcpy(stext, "dwm-"VERSION);
+ else {
+ // Parse input; currently delimited by BOTTOM=
+ char* blocation = strstr(buftext,"BOTTOM=");
+ if (blocation != NULL)
+ {
+ int c = 0;
+ for (char* i = buftext; i < blocation; i++)
+ {
+ if (c < sizeof(stext) - 1)
+ stext[c] = *i;
+ else
+ break;
+ c++;
+ }
+ stext[c] = '\0';
+ blocation += 7;
+ c = 0;
+ for (char* i = blocation; i < (blocation + sizeof(buftext)); i++)
+ {
+ if (c < sizeof(btext) - 1)
+ btext[c] = *i;
+ else
+ break;
+ c++;
+ }
+ btext[c] = '\0';
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ for (int i = 0; i < sizeof(stext); i++)
+ stext[i] = buftext[i];
+ stext[sizeof(stext) - 1] = '\0';
+ }
+ }
drawbar(selmon);
Now apply the patch (if you are using the tarball) by running
patch -p1 < path/to/patch.diff
Next, add the following lines to config.h:
under the line "static const Bool topbar = True; /* False means bottom bar */" (keep in mind this must be true for this patch to be useful)
put the following:
static const Bool bottombar = True; /* True means an extra bar on the bottom */
(This is used as your switch for turning the bottom bar on and off)
IMPORTANT: so that you can show and hide the bottom bar with a keybinding do the following:
before the keys[] array is declared, add the line:
#include "togglebottombar.c"
, next, in the keys array, add a line like the following:
{ MODKEY, XK_i, togglebottombar, {0} },
Obviously, any key combo can be used. This hides the bottom bar with the modkey (mine is set to the windows or "super" key) and i.
Finally, copy and paste this code into a file called "togglebottombar.c" in your dwm source directory:
void togglebottombar(const Arg *arg) {
selmon->showbottombar = !selmon->showbottombar;
updatebarpos(selmon);
XMoveResizeWindow(dpy, selmon->bbarwin, selmon->wx, selmon->bby, selmon->ww, bh);
arrange(selmon);
Now, format the text in your root window as described in the first post:
assuming *TEXTONTOP* is text into the top bar and *TEXTONBOTTOM* is text into the bottom bar, you would format your root window text like this:
*TEXTONTOP*BOTTOM=*TEXTONBOTTOM*
For example, I have info on the top, and network info and news on the bottom (as shown in the screenshot thread).
Last edited by RedScare (2010-02-09 03:19:38)

Purchase now or wait?

I am going to be ordering a 2.66 or 3.0 MacPro with a 23" and 2 20" or 2 23".
Should I order now, or wait until after WWDC? I will only be getting one 23" monitor initially.

It has taken me until now to "fully" get my nine month Mac Pro upgraded, optimized, and configured with more drives, memory, backup routine, workflow, and getting to know it fully. - Not that I didn't get a lot of use out of it day #1 :-))
Adding monitor, a couple PCI cards, one thing at a time before adding something else (and a couple months watching and troubleshooting new memory and issues went in also).
Having a couple months really helps and makes sense.
I was slightly concerned getting Mac Pro so early, being new and all. But it has proven to be trouble-free luckily, and while there have apparently been "errata" improvements and fixes, nothing huge. Once in awhile I'll go back and (try) to use my old system. But it is so loud, and now seems sluggish and slow and unable to work smoothly that it just confirms the Mac Pro was the right decision, even as it was less than a month after they were first available.

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