On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:19:57 -0400, Rob wrote in message <20120425011957.gc8...@aurora.owens.net>:
> On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 02:40:08AM +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > 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) > > > Exactly! > > Actually, I now need to figure out how to make the two screens act as > one. Currently, I can open applications on either screen but I can't, > for instance, drag an application from one screen to the other. I'm > not sure if I can do that with separate video cards, though. > > -Rob ..well, play with the GUI menus, e.g. KDE's "System Settings" -> "Display and Monitor" -> "Multiple Monitors" or Gnome's (AFAIR) "System" -> "Preferences" -> "Display and Monitor" etc as you fool around with the plug-'n-play things 'n see what happens. ;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/20120425152528.3c302...@celsius.lan