> ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:40:59 +0100 > From: Gary Stainburn <gary.stainb...@ringways.co.uk> > Subject: Dual screen / Xinerama > To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using > Fedora." <fedora-list@redhat.com> > Message-ID: <200906230940.59411.gary.stainb...@ringways.co.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi folks, > > I've got on this topic before and also done a load more googling but I > still > haven't got an answer. > > I have a FC10 / WinXP system at home with a NVidia GForce 9600 card in it. > Attached to it I have 2 19" screens. > > In WinXP everything works fine. I have the left screen as the main one and > can > open and drag windows between the two screens with ease. > > However, in FC10 all I can manage to do is to get both screens to have the > content which is of course no use. > > My research points to me needing to use Xinerama. However, that same > research > indicates that this is no longer supported being replaced by another > project > which then itself got dropped. > > Is this true? > If not, does anyone have SIMPLE instructions on how to set it up > If yes, is there an alternative system I could use? > > Cheers > Gary > -- > Gary Stainburn > > Gary,
Use Twinview. I do this with Fedora 10 and it works perfectly. Step 1: Install nvidia proprietary drivers from rpm-fusion Step 2: Run nvidia-settings - I don't remember the name of the problem because Gnome Do always fills it in for me, but it's pretty obvious Step 3: Click on the second entry on the left Step 4: Click on the "disabled" monitor Step 5: Click on Configure (or something like that - I'm not in front of my machine now) Step 6: Click Twinview Step 7: Set that monitor as "left of" or "right of" the other Step 8: Click Apply Step 9: Click OK to keep the settings Step 10: Quit the nvidia program If you want to not have to repeat those 10 steps every time you log in, you need to write the settings to your Xorg.conf, but I don't remember how to do that off the top of my head. It also means you have to run the nvidia program as root so that yuo can write to Xorg.conf Can't get any SIMPLER than that.
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