On 2013-10-30, Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 09:32:54PM -0500, Dale wrote >> Howdy, >> >> Quick question. I have a Nvidia GeForce GT 220 video card. It has a >> VGA and a HDMI connection. My question, if I hook a monitor to each >> port, they will both have the same pic right? Also, I have not hooked >> anything to the HDMI port yet, does it "just work" or do I have to set >> something for it to work in xorg.conf or something. > > But why would you want identical images? Google Xinerama. See > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/XineramaHowTo (yeah it's Ubuntu), > for how to get a B-I-I-I-I-G two-screen-wide desktop.
Or you can have a different desktop on each monitor. [I find that more useful than have a single big desktop that spans multiple monitors.] That's done by simply configuring separate X displays. I prefer to edit my xorg.conf to do that, but you can also use xrandr to configure multiple displays. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! The entire CHINESE at WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL TEAM all gmail.com share ONE personality -- and have since BIRTH!!