Desktop OS: To be or not to be...

[Ric Moore]

On Wed, 2010-11-10 at 13:06 -0600, Smokin Chevy wrote:
> I think that there is some confusion here.  These are not high end
> video cards.  They were middle of the road cards two years ago.  This
> is not a gamer rig.  The SLI bridge is not installed.
> 
> I did not know that using more then two monitors was that unusual.  I
> know a few people who do and I personally have for many years.  I
> would have thought that Linux would have come up to speed on that by
> now.  
> 
> I have tried downloading the 260 driver directly from nvidia with the
> same result.
> 
> I will swear by Ubuntu Server for my servers but the Desktop Edition
> does not seem ready except for simple desktops.  

Works fine here, but I would consider having the proper drivers
installed a must for what you are doing. You also need to run the nVidia
X server settings program, if you haven't done so by now. That will tell
you what it sees installed and configure your views. Ric

-- 
My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say:
"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
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