Configuring Dual Screens

[Alain Muls]

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> Hello,
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> I have decided to convert my machine at work to Ubuntu (I have run
> Ubuntu on my laptop for over a year and have been wanting to make the
> change for a while).
>
> I have 2 Hanns-G 19" monitors and a ATI Radeon 7k graphics card in my
> system.  I went to "Screen Resolution" and noticed the two monitors
> represented in the screen, then unchecked "clone screen" and turned
> off my second screen.  This worked fine.  I cannot, however, get my
> second screen to work.  I thought I would be able to turn it "on" with
> the same resolution and refresh rate as the primary screen, but it
> just won't work. I can set it as a clone and both screens show the
> same information.
>
> I have read through various posts on the matter and see that many
> people go into their xorg.conf file to set up monitors, screens, and
> devices.  Is that still necessary with 8.04?  I'm thinking since I see
> the screens represented in the GUI I should be able to do this without
> editing files (I'm OK with editing them, I just want to find out if
> it's still required).  If I have to edit files, how do I find out the
> values to use in the "device" section for my particular monitors and
> video card?
>   
Hi

I have a somewhat similat question.
At work, I have a LCD which I want to use as second screen. Its 
resolution differs from the LCD panel of my laptop. I want to use both 
screens, not one cloning the other, but both with different information 
(screens) and with different resolutions.

At Home, I want to use the portable obviously without the second screen. 
I do not want to mv/cp over each time a xorg.conf file.

How does one do this in 8.04?

Tx/Alain

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