Sucess with dual monitors

[phenix777]

Jean,

Thank-you so much for your help!



Ok, so I am very new to linux.  I know about Terminal and command lines
in general, but have very little experience with it in linux.





I have made a backup copy of xorg.conf.  A question though, to do so I
went into terminal, navigated to etc/X11, and then used:

sudo cp --backup xorg.conf xorg_backup.conf

How am I going to be able to edit xorg.conf through the GUI as I am a
limited user?  I needed to use sudo in order to back xorg.conf up.  Is
there a way to temporarily run as ROOT?



I would appreciate instructions on starting and restopping X.



How do I go about installing xinerama?



And slightly unrelated.  Is there a way to get to a command line
without using the GUI?  As in, is there an underlying command line
interface that I can use if  X crashes?



Other than that I think I can figure this out.  It's a little easier
for me as both monitors are identical (at least I think it will be
easier).



Thanks again.

Emil


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phenix777