well its really dependant on what video card and driver you are using. for example the proprietary nvidia driver has a gui that can adjust the display mode and resolution without restarting X fairly easily but there is no such option with the free nvidia driver.
On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 1:32 PM, Andrew Z <[email protected]> wrote: > .. not easy, but super easy for simple dual monitor setup. > And i think it def helped to have one of the monitors to be connected with > HDMI. > here are a few links i found useful: > https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=6738 > http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Xorg_RandR_1.2 > en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/X.Org/Dual_Monitors > > i had dsub + DVI originally and i had to specify the resolution. Once i > switched to HDMI+DVI all i have to do is to issue xrandr blah --auto and > specify which monitor i want where. > > > > On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Andrew Z <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> i want to setup a dual monitor under xfce (4.8) ( and compiz if it >> matters ). I did a quick search and it seems there are quite a few open >> bugs. >> Can you gentlemen, advise on the subject? Maybe point to a good howto? >> >> Thank you >> AZ > >
