dual displays

[Raymond House]

Hi Gord, Yes you are right, after revisiting the Dell link, the db9 is a
serial port.Thanks for the info on the sound cards.


On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 7:47 PM, gord campbell <gordc2005 at velcom.ca> wrote:

> Assuming you are writing from the computer in question, and it is a
> Vostro 220, the answer is no. The DB9 is a serial port.
>
> From Dell's web site:
>
> Standard I/O Ports:
> Video: 1 15-pin VGA video connector
> USB: 8 USB Ports (4 front, 4 back)...
>
> Where I am working, we have solved this by buying inexpensive video
> cards which support two monitors. The computer has a PCIe x16 slot, so
> there are lots of video cards available, such as:
> http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814187209
>
> After installing the card, you then install an "additional driver,"and
> in "Nvidia X Server Settings" you can set it up the way you want.
>
>
>
> > Message: 3
> > Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 14:36:27 -0500
> > From: Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com>
> > To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > Subject: Re: dual displays
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> > Also on the back panel there is a VGA(in use now) and a VCI(db9)
> connector.
> > VGA blue, VCI green.
> >
>
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