Lets see your xorg.conf. with newer xorg, it might even be blank since most of the setup is handled by udev now afaik, but for dual-head, you will need to config xorg.conf and hope the driver for that card will cooperate.
On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Gustin Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > I regularly use two monitors on my laptop with the integrated Intel > GPU. I also have an ATI 4890 at home that does the same trick. In > both cases the monitors are not matched (IE. different resolutions) > and it just works. > > Have you tried using xrandr from the command line to control the second > monitor? > > I have some basic usage examples here: > https://www.meganerd.ca/site/node/12 > > The xrandr wiki can be found here: > http://www.x.org/wiki/Projects/XRandR > > On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Ralph Boland <[email protected]> wrote: > > At last month's clug meeting Dafydd C. handed out a number od dual head > graphics > > cards of which i pickup one, a colorgraphic Predator LT 2. > > > > Has anybody gotten the graphics card to work in dual monitor mode? > > > > I am using Ubuntu 10.04 on an DMD Athlon II processor but have gotten > nowhere. > > When I boot up with this card installed I get one monitor correctly > > displayed (1280-1024) > > but the other monitor displays text identifying the graphics card and > > a flashing cursor. > > > > I searched the Internet on how to get dual monitor mode to work. > > These is lots of > > information available but the information is dependent upon the graphics > card > > used and, unfortunately, none of the information I found was specific to > this > > graphics card. > > > > Has anybody had success with Ubuntu and a different dual head graphics > card? > > I have reached the point of simply buying a card rather than trying to > > get this card > > to work. > > > > Regards, > > > > Ralph (Rocky) Boland > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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