nvidia graphics drivers / dual monitors question

[Jaime Tarrant]

* samuel_b at dodo.com.au (samuel_b at dodo.com.au) wrote:
> Hi, does anyone on here know or a update planned for nvidia drivers for 
> dual monitors/cards on Ubuntu..
> I'm tired of being in vista now i have my second screen.. Best i could 
> get was two X screens.and the other screen does nothing. I was hoping of 
> having Compiz running.. I know some people (masterminds) can get their 
> Xorg.conf set-up right.
> 
>

Try nvidia-settings as root. Its a GUI configuration tool that I have
used successfully to get dual monitors up. From memory, you have to run
it as root, otherwise it cannot write to xorg.conf.  

# sudo apt-get install nvidia-settings
# sudo nvidia-settings

I don't know whether compiz will work, as I use a different WM. 

Regards,
Jaime