6 x MONITORS MULTIPLE MONITOR KDE 4.2.2 Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope Compiz Fusion XGL EasyStroke

This is the first of many videos to come on this setup! I've been busy working on a way to get multiple monitors to work using multiple graphics cards under the latest versions of Ubuntu. I had been testing intrepid but now that KDE 4.2.2 and Jaunty are available, I've gone ahead and moved to it. I'll be posting an extensive HOWTO in the Ubuntu forums on how this was done. I've hacked to gether the retired xserver-xgl from Ubuntu Hardy to get it to work w/ Jaunty Jackalope. Now we have it working with KDE 4.2.2 with full compiz fusion effects and mouse gestures using EasyStroke ( http://easystroke.wiki.sourceforge.net ) as you can see from this video! Enjoy the show and stay tuned for more! We are working out some last minute bugs and will be posting links here and the info in the Ubuntu Forums.. ( This is a custom Ubuntu Kubuntu Install under Jaunty Jackalope 9.04 64-bit )

Complete Specs of system:
--- XFX MB-N780-ISH9 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i (3way) SLI Intel Motherboard
--- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor Model HH80562PH0568M
--- ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler
--- 3x (yes thats 3 of these monsters) - XFX PVT80FSHF9 GeForce 8800GTX 768MB 384-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
--- Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
--- 8 GIGABYTES OF RAM - OCZ Reaper HPC Edition 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2RPR800C44GK
--- (Memory above is not what is pictured in the build pics - we received wrong set originally - but replaced shortly after)
--- COOLER MASTER Real Power Pro RS-C50-EMBA-D2 ATX Form Factor 12V V2.3 / SSI standard EPS 12V V2.92 1250W Power Supply
---- ALSO USING 4x 10K RPM 36.6GB RAPTOR DRIVES IN RAID 0+1 CONFIGURATION (Most of our storage is on network server so we just need storage on the workstation for apps).
---- External USB 2.0 LG SLIM DVD WRITER
---- 6x DELL Ultrasharp 2009W 20" LCD Monitors

Pic's of the build can be found here: http://www.d2global.com/d2gworkstation/

See other videos of this system under Ubuntu Hardy in our Youtube Channel: www.youtube.com/d2globalinc

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Ubuntu
• 9.04
• Jaunty
• Jackalope
• Compiz
• Fusion
• 20
• LCD
• Multiple
• Monitor
• XGL
• dual
• monitor
• KDE
• 4.2
• Kubuntu
• Mouse
• Gestures
• Easystroke

[d2globalinc]

@MagicT0uch Actually what it means is Life is gooooooood....

[d2globalinc]

@MultiRenzokuken Chuck Norris would just squeeze all the monitors into one very large monitor and double the resolution at the same time.

[d2globalinc]

@IRNatman Dual boot would not give you any kind of noticeable performance loss.

[IRNatman]

@d2globalinc Cool, I'll try it sometime this week. Would It run slower if I dual booted Windows and Ubuntu?

[d2globalinc]

@IRNatman Yes, wine can be an issue, as can drivers, personally I prefer VMWare Workstation to run windows apps in their own virtual environment and with VMWares unity feature, the applications look like they are running in the native OS.. With a modern Quad Core or better CPU this can be just as fast as running Windows Apps on a bare windows install. This setup works great for a work environment.

[IRNatman]

@d2globalinc Ah, I see. Another question - If I were to switch to Ubuntu, would I still be able to use windows applications? I've heard of wine - but I've also read that some programs/games don't work right. Also driver problems. Is any of that true?

[d2globalinc]

@IRNatman This setup in the video was 3 x Nvidia cards. The new setup I run uses 2x AMD/ATI Eyefinity 6 cards, and all 6 monitors connect to only one of the video cards. This is by far the better way to do it now.

[IRNatman]

@d2globalinc Wasn't knocking it. So, how did you accomplish this? A splitter, multiple video cards/inputs please tell me!

[d2globalinc]

@IRNatman Don't Knock it, until you try it! ;)

[IRNatman]

Looks awesome and all but, who needs 6 monitors? XD

[wildshekhar]

What was the total cost for the hardware?

[MrRrodasg]

LINUX is awesome.....why. ...because anyone has code accesss....Windows was using Linux behind the scenes to enhance Microsoft. If funny because Microsoft said that opensource was a problem....Google uses linux to maintain their servers...IBM does tooo...I wonder where would this companies be if it wasn't for linux open source...