Separate X Screens - possible on Intel Integrated HD Graphics?

[Mattias Andrée]

On Fri, 15 Jan 2016 09:35:48 -0500
Ken Taylor <di604admin at embarqmail.com> wrote:

> Good morning and pardon me if this is a dead end

It is hardly morning but lets go with that.

> question.  I have seen some references to it in the
> archives including a couple of responses from Intel folks
> saying NO.  The most recent was dated 2011 so I am hoping
> the answer may have changed.
> 
> I have a couple of Dell Inspiron 3050 PCs with "Intel HD
> Graphics". The machines have two video outputs
> (Displayport and HDMI) and WILL drive two monitors.
> However, I have not been able to establish separate X
> screens. Here is a little more detailed information about
> the hardware:

Why do you want to multiple screens? It is just a headache.
Applications have to be specifically written to support
being moved across screens, and very few are. GIMP and
Emacs are the only programs I know that support this.

> 
> from lspci:
> 
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Atom
> Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series Graphics & Display (rev
> 0e) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
>          Subsystem: Dell Device 0703
>          Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 91
>          Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
> [size=4M] Memory at c0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable)
> [size=256M] I/O ports at f080 [size=8]
>          Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
>          Capabilities: <access denied>
>          Kernel driver in use: i915
> 
> Operating systems include CentOS 7, Ubuntu Mate 15.10 and
> Linux Mint Mate 17.3 although I do not think that is a
> limitation.
> 
> Can someone offer a definitive NO which will put me out
> of my misery - I will fill one of the video sockets with
> epoxy and never connect two monitors :-) Or a "yes it is
> possible" in which case I will continue banging my head
> against the problem.
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Ken
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