Hello, Maybe it is not a beginner exercise but if I don't try I won't learn. As in all exercises that touch the system I did the back up of my personal files and some research to how to back up the working xorg.conf . The only thing I am not sure is if I need to change the permission of xorg.conf to be able to modify it and how to change the permission. I will try like that and have a look in the book if I can't change it. I'll post the results as soon as I am done. Thank you Megan <div>On 10/4/07, Liam Proven <<a href="mailto:lproven@gmail.com">lproven@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> On 04/10/2007, Brian McKee <<a href="mailto:brian.mckee@gmail.com">brian.mckee@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > On 03/10/2007, Liam Proven <<a href="mailto:lproven@gmail.com">lproven@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > connect both screens to that one. Trying to get dual-head going with 2 > > different cards is harder than one. Even if they're both nVidia ones, > > both have to be new enough and closely-enough related to work with the > > same driver. > > Not true at all - I've got a dual head setup with one nVidia and one > 3dfx. While working at it I cycled thru a couple different SiS and > ATI models too. I'm sure it's /possible/, but if one card requires the nVidia binary driver and one the nVidia legacy driver, I think she would be stuck. AFAIK you can't have both. And using nVidias, it's /drastically/ easier to use nVidia's own multihead support (DualView or something) than try to get it working with bare X.11. I have tried the latter myself and failed many times. > It won't be point and click easy - but hey if she wants to learn let her try! Is this really a beginner exercise? That's all I'm asking. -- Liam Proven • Profile: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven"> http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven</a> Email: <a href="mailto:lproven@cix.co.uk">lproven@cix.co.uk</a> • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: <a href="mailto:lproven@gmail.com">lproven@gmail.com</a> Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AOL/AIM/iChat: <a href="mailto:liamproven@aol.com">liamproven@aol.com</a> • MSN/Messenger: <a href="mailto:lproven@hotmail.com">lproven@hotmail.com</a> Yahoo: <a href="mailto:liamproven@yahoo.co.uk">liamproven@yahoo.co.uk </a> • Skype: liamproven • ICQ: 73187508 -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users"> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>