Dual Monitors...

[Michael Comperchio]

Verde Denim wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Michael Comperchio <mcmprch at gmail.com 
> <mailto:mcmprch at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     I'm going bats! I have a Lenovo G550. Works great. Installed
>     Ubuntu, not
>     problems with anything .... until.... I acquired a second
>     monitor... HP
>     w1907. It works great under ...er... windows... Get a dual display
>     with
>     extended desktop and different and appropriate resolutions... under
>     Ubuntu I have issues (Mobil intel 4 series express chipset
>     family). Both
>     Gnome and KDE just do want to work well with dual display. I can get
>     extended desktop, but the laptop screen is 'shrunk' to the same
>     resolution as the external display.... I dunno how better to explain
>     this, at this point I'm just frustrated.... I shouldn't be, everything
>     else has worked great so far! I really don't want to have to boot to
>     windows on my desk, and get to use KDE everywhere else!
>
>     and something else, can anyone tell me how to have T'Bird keep
>     it's data
>     on my NTFS drive so that I can have the same stuff in T'Bird not
>     matter
>     which side I have to boot to?
>
>     Thanks you great and awesome penguins...
>
>     Michael Comperchio
>     mcmprch at gmail.com <mailto:mcmprch at gmail.com>
>     860 480 8695
>
> Mike
> Can you post the settings you have in the dual display setup? I have a 
> 64-bit server running with dual-displays (a Dell 19" and a 52" plasma 
> TV) both running with different res and it works fine.
>
> Jack
>
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Windows:
    Notebook:
        Color:         32 Bit
        Resolution:    1366x768
        Refresh:    60hz.
       
    Monitor:
       
        Color:        32 Bit
        Resolution:    1440x900
        Refresh:    60hz.

Ubuntu:
these settings are from the Display preferences....
    Notebook:
        Color:        32 Bit
        Resolution:    1024x768
        Refresh:    75hz.
    Monitor:
        Color:        32 Bit
        Resolution:    1024x768
        Refresh:    75hz.

# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# Note that some configuration settings that could be done previously
# in this file, now are automatically configured by the server and settings
# here are ignored.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier    "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier    "Default Screen"
    Monitor        "Configured Monitor"
    Device        "Configured Video Device"
    SubSection "Display"
        Virtual    1024 1536
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier    "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

The windows resolutions are the 'natural' resolutions for the displays. 
I have no idea where the Linux resolutions are coming from. Also, there 
is the option to change the resolutions in Ubu, but no matter what 
resolution I choose for either display, I still end up with the Notebook 
display being shrunk. I mean, I have about an inch of physical screen on 
either side of what's being drawn by the display driver.... I dunno, 
maybe I'll just throw away the monitor! life was less trying when I just 
had the Notebook and no display driver problems.... :)

Michael