Dual monitor possible?

[Ashley Benton]

Hi again
I did what you wrote (update, upgrade...) It doesn't seem to have changed
anything. The second screen doesn't seem to be recognized. When I did sudo
nvidia-settings I would have been able to change the settings for the new
card, no mention of the old one. I didn't change anything since it seems to
work fine, and the screen that is not working (or at least not configured to
work) is plug in the old card.
While I was in the terminal it printed:"suggested packages:
nvidia-kernel-source" Do I do "sudo apt-get install nvidia-kernel-sources" ?
or is it no important? And is the command I would type OK?
Thank you
Megan

On 10/3/07, Allan Valeriano <allvaleriano at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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