Dual monitor possible?

[Allan Valeriano]

On 10/3/07, Ashley Benton <meggalen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Somebody gave me a Nvidia 3D fuzion graphics cards and as I had a second
> monitor that I didn't used I am trying to set my computer to run the two
> monitors. I am using ubuntu 6.10 and already installed the card inside the
> computer. When I type lspci that's the last in the list but when I plug the
> two screens only the one on the new card is working, the other stays black.
> I went to ubuntu help and begun reading about xinerama but I'm lost. Can
> somebody tell me if what I want to do is possible and how to do it? The
> first card is the one that came with the computer and the second is the one
> I just installed they are two different cards, That's why I wonder if what I
> want to do is possible. Please remember that I am completely new and
> beginning to learn.
>

I dit it by doing this:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get upgrade

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx

sudo nvidia-xconfig --add-argb-glx-visuals --composite

Restart your X by logging out and in or by pressing ctrl+alt+backspace
sudo nvidia-settings

After the last command, a window to configure you display will open. You
just need to go to X Server Display Configuration and configure the dual
monitor with the resolutions you want.

I'm not sure if this will work, considering that you have 2 graphic cards,
and you are not running feisty. It worked with me, but I have 1 card where I
plug both of my monitors.
I hope it helps. Any problem, just post back.

--Valeriano
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