Who is using dualhead? we need a howto

[Alexander Poslavsky]

On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 15:41:59 +0200, Sean Legassick
<sean_legassick at datamage.net> wrote:
> Alexander Poslavsky wrote:
> > we need a howto to get things like dualhead etc working well. If you
> > are using it, could you send me a write-up how you did it or put it
> > straight in the wiki?
> >
> > wiki: https://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/FinishInstallationHowto
> 
> I'm happy to edit the wiki, would like some advice on how to structure
> what I have.
> 
> Basically I had a four-hour nightmare configuring my Toshiba's Geforce
> chip to do dual-head properly. Partly this was due to the distraction of
> "TwinView" which turned out to be a dead-end, and mostly this was
> getting the nvidia binary driver to play nice with my laptop LCD (quite
> aside from dual-headedness). Once past these hurdles the actual Xinerama
> config was straightforward and works very nicely (bar an Xterm
> maximisation glitch and some nasty gnome-terminal slowdown)
> 
> So I have some info that is generalish (applies to NVidia dual-output
> cards more than it does to a dual-card config), and some that is very
> specific to my hardware (Toshiba Satellite 2410-303). How would you lay
> this out without making a mess?

Sorry for the late reply, work got in the way.

Why don't you make a Howto page called NvidiaDualHowto, put it under
Howto in the wiki?

It should have:
Explanation of your hardware
What you wanted to achieve
What you added to your XF86config, point by point, and what it does
Additional, what did not work (and why)

mail me a link when your done and i'll go over it

thanks and greetings, AP Ubuntu Doc Team