I'm sorry if I didn't specify that I had an integrated graphic card but I didn't know it before somebody asked me. Yes I know I'm messing up with things I don't understand but at least now I understand a lot better. Your post have been very helpful and I thank everybody for that. The result from lspci is: meg@meg-desktop:~$ lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different version?) (rev a2) 00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev a2) 00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev a2) 00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev a2) 00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev a2) 00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev a2) 00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a4) 00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2) 00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) 00: 02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) 00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) 00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Ethernet Controller (rev a1) 00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev a3) 00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2) 00:0d.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): nVidia Corporation nForce2 FireWire (IEEE 1394) Controller (rev a3) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev a2) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5500] (rev a1) 02:07.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy LS 02:08.0 Communication controller: Agere Systems LT WinModem (rev 02) meg@meg-desktop:~$ And for the question PCI or AGP I don't know. I went in the Bios and changed from PCI to AGP/onboard. The screen is still working so I really don't know, and don't know where to look. If there is anything else I can try let me know, Thank you Megan <div>On 10/5/07, Brian McKee <<a href="mailto:brian.mckee@gmail.com"> brian.mckee@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 05/10/2007, SteVe Cook <<a href="mailto:yorvik.ubunto@googlemail.com"> yorvik.ubunto@googlemail.com</a>> wrote: > Liam Proven wrote: > > In my experience, on a lot of machines, if you have what are called > > "integrated graphics" - that means, the graphic chip is built into the > > motherboard, not on a separate card - then there is circuitry in the > > motherboard logic which will automatically disable the onboard > > graphics when you insert a graphics card. > > > > It sounds to me like that's what's happening here. On such machines it > > is, as far as I know, *impossible* to use the integrated graphics > > /and/ an additional graphics card simultaneously. > > Sorry about that. It's a pain, but alas, multiple monitor support is a > > fairly new thing on the PC - it's less than a decade old as a > > mass-market thing. Macs, of course, have been doing it for twenty > > years. > > > I have two machines that run dual-head with integrated video and a PCI > card so it can be done with some machines. Just out of curiosity - actually PCI cards? or AGP? IIUC modern onboard video is AGP and you can only have on AGP device on a system. If your cards are PCI then that would make sense.... Brian -- 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>