Nelson, Did you install the driver package? Either xserver-xorg-video-nouveau or xserver-xorg-video-nvidia (open and closed driver respectively) from apt or download and installed from Nvidia's site?
Shane On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Nelson Green <nelsongree...@hotmail.com>wrote: > > > Nelson Green wrote: > > > I have a Dell Precision T5500 with dual video cards, and I would > > > like to have one large screen spread across the two monitors. > > > > I usually do this with a single graphics card. So my suggestion might > > not be useful to you. But... > > > > > I am not sure where to start. One thing I have tried to do is to see > > > what xrandr gives me, and I don't completely understand the output > > > of that. I have included that output, and a copy of Xorg.0.log > > > below. > > > > > > At this point I would welcome any suggestions as to what to try next. > > > > I would start with lxrandr. Because even me being a staunch CLI > > advocate it is sometimes easier to click the mouse. This is simply an > > graphical interface to xrandr. > > > > # apt-get install lxrandr > > > > $ lxrandr > > Unfortunately, lxrandr only shows the single monitor. Another issue I > have is nothing from xrandr nor lxrandr shows an output interface. If > I could get that information I might at least have a place to start. As it > is, the only indications that the two cards are even known to the system > are the Xorg log, and the output of dmesg. Other than that nothing > seems to be aware of the second video card and/or monitor. > > BTW, I also realized I forgot to mention that I am using the Xfce > Desktop. I doubt that makes any difference, but figured I should at > least mention it for completeness. > > I appreciate the reply. > Patrick > > > -- > 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/bay160-w4a7dcc96b762f50393914ad...@phx.gbl > > -- Shane D. Johnson IT Administrator Rasmussen Equipment
