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Note: The on-board and "card" versions of the same device can be considered identical; for example,
you could use an on-board HP VISUALIZE-EG graphics device and an HP VISUALIZE-EG graphics
card, and still consider them identical devices, thus permitting a 1X2 SLS or a 2X1 SLS.
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SLS is enabled by using SAM (the System Administration Manager tool, /usr/sbin/sam). To enable an
SLS configuration, start SAM, and follow the instructions below:
Note: The on-board and "card" versions of the same device can be considered identical; for example,
you could use an on-board HP VISUALIZE-EG graphics device and an HP VISUALIZE-EG graphics
card, and still consider them identical devices, thus permitting a 1X2 SLS or a 2X1 SLS.
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SLS is enabled by using SAM (the System Administration Manager tool, /usr/sbin/sam). To enable an
SLS configuration, start SAM, and follow the instructions below:
1.
Double-click on the "X Server Configuration" button. A window entitled "Graphics" appears,
containing an icon for every graphics device on your system.
containing an icon for every graphics device on your system.
2.
Select the devices you want to combine into an SLS (click the mouse on the first device, and
[Ctrl]-click on the others). At this point, all the devices you want to combine into an SLS
configuration should be highlighted.
[Ctrl]-click on the others). At this point, all the devices you want to combine into an SLS
configuration should be highlighted.
3.
From the "Actions" menu, choose the menu item "Modify Multi-Screen Layout". A dialog
box appears, allowing you to specify exactly how you want your SLS configuration to be.
box appears, allowing you to specify exactly how you want your SLS configuration to be.
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Note: If your machine has only one graphics device, the "Modify Multi-Screen Layout" menu option
does not even appear, since multiple devices cannot occur in a single-device context.
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Note: If your machine has only one graphics device, the "Modify Multi-Screen Layout" menu option
does not even appear, since multiple devices cannot occur in a single-device context.
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Graphics Administration Guide for HP-UX 10.20
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