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Fiesty Dual-Monitor question
Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 1:08 pm
by Turbo Audi
Running dual 22"s. The system shows 2 monitors in the Nvidia CP. However, the computer see it as having a res. of 3360x1050. How can I get Ubuntu to see two separate monitors each having its native resolution? If I have to edit the .xconf I am going to jump out a window.
Thanks.
P.S. I know this is a ThinkPad forum; but this is for a desktop.
Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 3:29 pm
by Volker
There are three ways to drive two displays:
1) Xinerama. One big desktop spanning two monitors, and you can drag windows across. This is the official solution, and one day everybody will use that. Drawback: no 3D acceleration yet.
2) "Fake Xinerama", a.k.a. twinview (nvidia) or mergedfb (radeon). The graphics driver pretends there is only one very wide screen. You can drag windows around, use 3D etc. Fakes some xinerama extension so, for example, new windows start on one monitor and not in the middle. Vendor-dependent.
3) Run two X sessions in parallel. They are completely separated, you can't move windows from one to the other.
Figure out what you want and then google for it...