Sucess with dual monitors

[Jean Hollis Weber]

Marius Gedminas wrote:
>> Kill X and then start it again...
>>
>> sudo killall gdm
>> sudo gdm
> 
> Better use
> 
>   sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart

Thanks. If I may ask, why is this a better way? As a total 
newbie, I'm learning a lot about how to do things from this list, 
and would like to try to understand the whys as well.

>> sudo aptitude install xinerama
> 
> What???  There is no package called 'xinerama' in Ubuntu.
> 
> Xinerama is an X server extension.  You can enable it in the
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf file.

Thanks for the correction and info. The combination of ignorance 
and a bad memory leads me to make some rather, er, creative 
statements. Sorry if I confused or mislead anyone!

Cheers, Jean