Dual monitor possible?
SteVe Cook
yorvik.ubunto at googlemail.com
Thu Oct 4 08:03:51 UTC 2007
You'll need to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Below is the sort of thing you'll need, in fact this could work. Just
make sure you back up the working xorg.conf. If the new version fails,
just start up in single user mode and copy the backup over the new version.
Section "Device"
Identifier "Old Video Card"
Driver "nv"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 0
Option "DDCMode" "True"
Option "MonitorLayout" "CRT, CRT"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "New Video Card"
Driver "nv"
BusID "PCI:2:0:0"
Screen 1
Option "DDCMode" "True"
Option "MonitorLayout" "CRT, CRT"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Main Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 28-51
VertRefresh 43-60
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Second Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 28-51
VertRefresh 43-60
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "0 Default Screen"
Device "Old Video Card"
Monitor "Main Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "1 Default Screen"
Device "New Video Card"
Monitor "Second Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 1 "Main Monitor"
Screen 0 "Second Monitor" RightOf "Main Monitor"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
Option "Xinerama" "true"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
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