Dual display

Patrick optomatic at rogers.com
Sun Dec 9 14:36:18 UTC 2007


Hi Everyone

My name is Patrick, this is my first post.

I would like to set up a dual head some day soon too. I also have an 
immediate need for a pci video card.

The nvidia restricted drivers have really screwed one of my boxes.

For some reason it really has problems with PDFs. Every time I open a 
PDF I have a 1 in 3 chance of a freeze up. Opening 2 PDFs at the same 
time will certainly freeze things up.

I opened 300-400 PDFs at the same time without any problems with the 
restricted drivers turned off.

So, does anyone know of an Ubuntu compatible pci video card that is 
being sold in stores today?

BTW, I ordered an Everex gOS machine. I am really delighted with it. At 
$200 U.S it is a bargain. I loaded Ubuntu on it and everything works 
great. For some reason I had to set a static IP address for the 
networking to work well but that's not a big deal right.

P.S I will also call the Government on Monday about the new bill. I will 
report my findings-Patrick



 Without the restricted drivers I can

Dave Marple wrote:
> I'm afraid I haven't had any experience with multiple video cards, but 
> something tells me that might be even more of a headache, being an 
> unusual configuration.  Give downloading the latest drivers from the 
> website a try (as opposed to using Synaptic); AMD just recently 
> decided to start working with the linux community, and the websites 
> drivers are leaps and bounds better over whats available in the 
> repositories.
>
> Elpram
>
> On Dec 9, 2007 12:22 AM, William Frick <wfrick at rogers.com 
> <mailto:wfrick at rogers.com>> wrote:
>
>     I could go that route but I'm reluctant having been bitten
>     once.... What
>     about just putting a second video card in ?  I want the second
>     screen up
>     so I can leave it on the record process of my vinyl library to DVD. I
>     think I could dig up an old PCI video card from my junk box.
>
>
>     Bill
>
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