[dundee] dual (multiple) monitor support

[DreamIsDead]

Hey,
If you're using proprietary nvidia drivers you might want to look into
twinview - http://www.nvidia.com/object/feature_twinview.html
I'm using two monitors off one pci-e nvidia card and that is working great
for me.

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Dual_Monitors
I know this is a gentoo guide, but since it mostly just explains some
alterations you need to make to your xorg.conf file hopefully it will be
relevant to you too (whether or not you have a twinview capable card).

Hazel.

On 21/10/2007, Andrew Clayton <andrew at digital-domain.net> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 20 Oct 2007 23:30:38 +0100, Digit (SG) wrote:
>
> > on the taylug website, there's that picture with three monitors
> > (didnt it used to be 4?)...
>
> That picture was taken before I added a fourth...
>
> > i have two, using a nvidia card (i think, lol), but so few distros
> > come equiped with the appropriate controls and options to set it up
> > correctly or detect two monitors...  any tips on where to go to get
> > all (or any) of my distros working properly with dual monitor?
>
> For pre RandR 1.2 try here
> http://digital-domain.net/lug/multi-monitor/ otherwise look here
> http://www.intellinuxgraphics.org/dualhead.html
>
> xrandr --version will tell you which version your server supports.
> Probably the easiest way to see what version your driver supports is
> to just run xrandr and if you see just basically a list of modes and
> not much else then it's likely 1.1. If you see a list of outputs like
> VGA-0, DVI-0 etc then it's likely 1.2
>
> I don't know what the current state of the nv or binary
> nvidia drivers are.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Andrew
>
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