Dual Monitors Twin View on Nvidia

2010-05-18 Thread James Allsopp
Hi, I've a small 4:3 monitor which was working fine with Debian at about 1152x864 (VGA connection) on a nvidia 9500GT with the proprietary drivers (sorry want to experiment with CUDA so non-free wasn't an option). However, I've just bought a new 1080p TV and connected it to the computer via HDMI.

Re: Dual Monitors Twin View on Nvidia

2010-05-18 Thread Sebastian Weisgerber
One possible solution is using the nvidia-settings-Tool. You can configure your display-settings in a GUI and save it permanently to an xorg file. I'm using this method since years and it works very well and flawlessly. [Screenshot]

Re: Dual Monitors Twin View on Nvidia

2010-05-18 Thread CamaleĆ³n
On Tue, 18 May 2010 11:02:50 +0100, James Allsopp wrote: Hi, I've a small 4:3 monitor which was working fine with Debian at about 1152x864 (VGA connection) on a nvidia 9500GT with the proprietary drivers (sorry want to experiment with CUDA so non-free wasn't an option). However, I've just

Re: Dual Monitors Twin View on Nvidia

2010-05-18 Thread Merciadri Luca
This tool is really useful. I am using two screens with a Nvidia GeForce FX5700 on this computer. I do not use `twin view' but `dual screen.' Here is my whole xorg.conf. You might notice that nvidia-settings did the whole stuff for me. == # nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by

Re: Dual Monitors Twin View on Nvidia

2010-05-18 Thread James Allsopp
Hi, Here's my xorg. If I manually try to change the resolution the small Dell E175FP turns off, and can only be reactivated by going into nvidia-settings and setting either 640x480 or 320xsomething low. Wonderinf it's a dpi issue, as my other screen's a bit big. Any suggestions gratefully