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    • W Offline
      wemarch
      last edited by

      Hi Thommy,

      i bought the Gert VGA 666 board but could not try it out yet (i preferred to start another Raspi-project in the meantime).
      But since you are interested i will try to assemble that thing and connect two displays. Maybe i can try it this weekend.

      Luke

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        KirAsh4 Moderator
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        While the description says it can drive both a VGA and HDMI connected monitors, resulting in a dual setup, MM is configured to launch one Electron screen. You might be able to run a side-by-side installation of MM and launch it on a secondary port, and I’m assuming it will launch a second Electron window that you will then have to position on screen. I just don’t know what will happen when/if you restart the rpi. Will it remember where the screens were positioned? only testing will answer that.

        A Life? Cool! Where can I download one of those from?

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        • J Offline
          Jeff
          last edited by

          I’m really interested if it works.
          Has anybody tried yet?

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          • lolobyteL Offline
            lolobyte
            last edited by

            The Raspi can’t manage two displays!

            2 display’s = 2 raspi’s!

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              Jeff @lolobyte
              last edited by

              @lolobyte said in Dual display:

              The Raspi can’t manage two displays!

              2 display’s = 2 raspi’s!

              Do you really mean the Raspi, or do you mean MagicMirror?
              There is a VGA Modul for the Rasp, to handle two displays.

              It’s just interesting if MM knows hof to show it correct on restart.

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                lolobyte @Jeff
                last edited by

                @Jeff

                Hi jeff,

                the raspi has only a hdmi output and a output 4 a gpio display.

                It is not possible to really work with 2 display’s.

                U have a link to your VGA Module?

                If this module is really capable to run those 2 displays than u maybe can run a MM as web server build and one as MM2.

                If it’s possible to run two different MM2 instances i don’t really know that.

                Maybe it’s possible to run a second MM2 at another port!

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                  Jeff @lolobyte
                  last edited by

                  @lolobyte

                  https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/gert-vga-adapter/

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                    lolobyte @Jeff
                    last edited by

                    @Jeff

                    nice project.

                    SW is in development!

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                    • W Offline
                      wemarch
                      last edited by wemarch

                      Hey everybody, finally i managed to solder the GERT VGA-adapter!
                      I hope to find the time to test if it works this week. i will share my experiences here :-)

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                        Jeff
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                        Looking forward seeing your experiences ;)

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