Dual monitor possible?

[Ashley Benton]

Effectively I found only one device in the xorg.conf (NVIDIA Corporation
NV18 [GForce GPu] with driver nvidia. That is strange because my monitor is
working with the other card [3D fuzion graphic card (found with lspci: VGA
compatible controller nVidia Corporation NV34[GeForce Fx 5500] rev al) Or
maybe it is the same card and the other was is not recognized? What I don't
understand is why my screen is working with the new card and not the old
plug for it anymore. Did I delete the old installation when I installed the
new card. I just put it in the computer, plugged the screen in it and put
the power back. I am still trying to change the xorg.conf files but got some
troubles to get out of the vim. Whatever I try I'm always coming back to
vim, can't exit the file and go back to the terminal to end the session. I
tried :!q; :q; :w /home/meg/tmp; each time that brings me back in the vim on
the file. I did ctrl+alt+F7 and went to change the read, write and execute
of the xorg.conf file, then went back to F1 but still I can't get out of the
vim. If you wonder why I am in vim I edited the file with vim, put it in
insert mode and changed it. If you know how to close it let me know or I'll
try to unplug the computer and do it again. Thank you
Megan

On 10/4/07, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 04/10/2007, Brian McKee <brian.mckee at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hadn't thought of that wrinkle - I see her original card is a Geforce4
> > If she did install the nvidia propriatary drivers as her note says and
> > it's still working then this isn't an issue for her.
>
> I pointed it out 'cos I've got several nVidias only supported by the
> legacy drivers, and not only are they a real pain to get going, more
> than once, they've *completely* broken X.11 on Ubuntu for me. I wish
> I'd had the new "bulletproof X" back then!
>
> I may have missed it - do we know the exact models of both cards? That
> would be handy.
>
> > Nope - it's not - but that's what turns beginners into gurus right ?
> >
> > Besides - we are all here to help her along.
>
> Got to smile at both of those! :¬)
>
> I'm no expert at reading xorg.conf files, but I don't think I saw any
> reference to the 2nd card in the ones there?
>
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