Dual monitors

[Bob Jonkman]

Ditto ditto.  I regularly run the TV from the S-Video output on my 
Toshiba P200Dlaptop (ATI graphics, maybe Radeon X1200 ?).  The Gnome 
Indicator Applet for monitors handles it just like two monitors.  I've 
also run a second monitor from the VGA port, but that messes up my 
multiple workspaces (I usually have six, it drops to four with a second 
monitor).

--Bob.

On 11-03-05 09:25 PM, Darcy Casselman wrote:
> I'm running 10.10 with dual monitors on my laptop right now.  Intel
> graphics.  No problems.
>
> My desktop typically has three monitors over two nVidia cards.
> Spanning the two cards breaks compiz effects for some reason, and it
> was a bit tricky to set up, but otherwise no problems.  Two monitors
> doesn't have those problems.
>
> Intel graphics means xrandr works fine (you can use System>
> Preference>  Monitors to control them).  For nVidia, I needed to use
> nvidia-settings and set it to Xinerama.
>
> Bill, the hardware requirements are generally a supported graphics
> card with two monitor outputs.  Are you using a desktop or laptop?
> Are you looking for advice upgrading your graphics card?
>
> Darcy.
>
> On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 8:48 PM, Che Guebeara<cheguebeara at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> On Sat, 5 Mar 2011 17:17:50 -0800 (PST)
>> William Frick<wfrick at rogers.com>  wrote:
>>
>>> Does any one have experience with the hardware requirements to have
>>> two displays on a 10.10 system ?
>>>
>>> Bill
>>>
>> If you are using Gnome on 10.10 you will have a devil of a time because
>> in 10.10 Gnome support for duals was dropped for some reason (trying to
>> remember the reference for that - probably Ubuntu forums). For my dual
>> installation on 10.10 I had to load KDE which handles dual out of the
>> box.
>>
>> I am not sure whether this situation will improve in 11.04 when we can
>> use Unity vs. Gnome or if support in Gnome will be reintroduced.
>>
>> Mark
>>
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