On Dec 22, 2014 9:05 PM, "Brandon Vincent" <<a href="mailto:Brandon.Vincent@asu.edu">Brandon.Vincent@asu.edu</a>> wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 6:31 PM, steve reilly <<a href="mailto:steve@reillyblog.com">steve@reillyblog.com</a>> wrote: > > oh, gotcha. yea, the ubuntu display panel doesnt detect the other > > card for some reason. even when clicking "detect". thats why im > > thinking this 6200 isnt supported anymore. only thing i can think of? > > Actually, I was mistaken in regards to XRandR. Multi-GPU support was > introduced in XRandR 1.4. The 304.125 driver only supports up to 1.3. > > The latest driver for your GeForce 6200 is the 304.125, so using > XRandR 1.4 is not possible. You'll have to use Xinerama which is going > to cause a major hit to hardware acceleration. > > Since Xinerama only permits direct-rendering on one screen, this is > probably why the other screen was grey/black. > > Upgrading the card is probably the only viable solution at this point. > man thanks alot for all your help on this. ive been driving myself batty trying all different combinations before I even asked for help. I suppose its time to throw some $ into this rig I built like 4 years ago. Steve