[haiku-3rdparty-dev] Re: Intel_extreme video VGA output problems

  • From: Jessica Hamilton <jessica.l.hamilton@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-3rdparty-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2014 12:24:54 +1300

> We'd like to use the integrated graphics to avoid the cost of adding a video
> card, if possible. We have experimented with a couple of Radeon cards as
> well, and have had different issues with those (but that's for another
> post). We could probably even use the VESA driver if it weren't for the fact
> that we need widescreen resolutions (including the custom 1024x600 for the
> touchscreen). We're just having a great deal of difficulty finding a
> solution that meets all our requirements: readily available, VGA + DVI
> simultaneously, widescreen resolutions. All suggestions happily considered!

Is there the possibility of using a video splitter with the second
using an adapter to output to VGA? I personally don't know how using
two different resolutions with mirroring/cloning works, or is supposed
to work, so maybe a video splitter might not be a workable solution.

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