On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 07:48, Randy Kramer <rhkra...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Monday 20 February 2012 10:17:46 am Allan Wind wrote: >> You did not mention monitors but high definition has brought the >> larger ones way down in price. 30" monitors (2560x1600) are >> still in a different price league but to me it is worth it. If >> you are buying a 30" consider one with Display Ports instead of >> DVI. Lenovo's docking station for the W520, for instance, can >> only do the 30" at full resolution via Display Port (this was not >> an issue with earlier versions). The are DVI to Display Port >> converters but the ones I have are not 100% stable (I probably >> power cycle it a couple of times per month). > > Or, consider two smaller monitors and use nVidia's TwinView (their proprietary > driver)--I haven't tried the open source driver yet.
Nothing special about dual monitors, just use xrandr. Works with Nvidia, ATI and Intel chips. Cheers, Kelly Clowers -- 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/CAFoWM=-JSzpOHjhSdXXq6JAH05bjXrr5rmBXLD7EwsAmMac=t...@mail.gmail.com
