Dual Monitor Setup?

[Matthew Vermeulen]

On 11/23/06, Chris Jones <chrisjones at comcen.com.au> wrote:
>
> I have been using Ubuntu for quite sometime now but have never even
> thought about this. I want to get another monitor soon but still wish to
> keep my current one. My question is, can I use a dual monitor setup with
> Ubuntu or is it simply not supported?
>
> For the record, I use Ubuntu 6.10 64bit.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Chris Jones


Hi Chris,

A dual monitor setup is supported by any linux distribution that uses x.org.
The difference is whether it comes with an easy, graphical setup tool like
Suse's YaST, or whether you will have to edit your xorg.conf manually.
Sadly, Ubuntu falls into the latter category, although I believe work is on
proposed to rectify that for feisty or feisty+1. I run dual head myself,
using Ubuntu 6.10.

The best guide around, or at least when I set mine up, is on the gentoo wiki
: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Dual_Monitors . I followed this guide,
although you may find that you will need to play around a little before
finding a solution that works.
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