On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:34:18 -0400, Rob wrote in message <20120424223418.ga5...@aurora.owens.net>:
> On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 05:44:51PM -0400, Rob Owens wrote: > > I need to get two monitors running on two separate video cards on a > > Squeeze system. Do I need to customize my xorg.conf, or is there a > > simple gui tool to do this nowadays? > > > Wow, I got it working already. All I did was: > > /etc/init.d/gdm3 stop > X -configure > cp /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf > /etc/init.d/gdm3 start > > Actually, I did have to make a correction to xorg.conf. The radeonhd > driver did not work, so I switched it to radeon and that fixed it. I > also had to change the order of my screens (right to left), but that's > to be expected. > > For the record, my system has an onboard NVidia GeForce 6100 and a PCI > Express ATI Radeon HD 3470. The ATI card has dual DisplayPort > outputs, but my second monitor only has VGA inputs so I opted to use > the onboard VGA instead of buying an adapter. ..so, all you "need" to do now, is hook up your 3'rd screen to your 2'nd DisplayPort. ;o) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120425024008.602fd...@celsius.lan
