Should I buy a new graphics card or a new computer?

[Chris G]

On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 06:09:37PM +0200, Thomas Kaiser wrote:
> Chris Jones wrote:
> > Thomas Kaiser wrote:
> >> Hello All
> >>
> >> I have a ASUS 8AN-SLI Deluxe MB with AMD 64 Bit processor and a nVidia 
> >> GeForce 6600 GT graphics card. This box is now about 4 years old.
> >>
> >> I upgraded lately to Ubuntu 9.04 and can't configure the xserver to work 
> >> with my 2 monitors correctly.
> >>
> >> Would a new graphics card help?
> > 
> > Presumably you had this configuration working OK in the past ?
> 
> Yes, of course. It was working with the nVidia drive and 2 monitors 
> (Ubuntu 8.10).
> 
> > If so, then at least you know the hardware can support it, and thus 
> > there is no reason (modulo bugs) why it cannot be done in 9.04.
> 
> Yes, but the xserver starts in "low graphic mode" with only one monitor 
> working.
> 
> I just copied the old xorg.conf file but this results in 2 black 
> monitors when X starts :-(

That might well not be a good idea, it's worth trying to [re]install
9.04 and let it figure out itself what the xorg.conf file should look
like. 

-- 
Chris Green