http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/Alex,
I use the Xinerama extension that Dr. Thatcher mentioned. It was not terribly hard to do. I use two (three in one machine) graphic cards with 1 output each. Unfortunately, I was on a bit of a budget so I have older ATI 8MB graphics cards. They are PCI, however the primary AGP graphics card in the machine has quite a bit more capability. The way that I have set up, I have not been able to use the advanced features of the primary card (for things like Compiz or Beryl). I, of course, did all this before some of the fancy monitor manipulation tools came out. That mean editing xorg.conf by hand. Not terribly hard; let me know if you'd like to see what I came up with. So, I guess I am recommending either the dual-out variety adapters or if you choose multiple cards, make sure they are as similar in capabilities as possible. In addition, I use a tool called Synergy that links the keyboard and mice from computer to another computer over network connections. This is really nice for having several machines that you want to control simultaneously. Synergy in combination with multiple monitors per PC has led to a system of three PC (2 desktops and 1 laptop) with a combined 6 monitors controllable from one mouse and one keyboard. Pretty slick I think. Synergy is available as a package in Ubuntu and Debian, I believe. You can also get binaries and source at <http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/>. Good luck! Jason On 10/15/07, Scott Thatcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've played around with this a little, and it seems to me that there are a few > different ways to do dual monitors: > > - The nVidea driver has its own set of options and its own graphical > configuration program (nvidea-settings) that's fairly nice. It's somewhat > windows-y and allows changes without restarting X. I think it fools X about > certain things. It will then offer to write your changes into xorg.conf, > although I've never tried that. > - You can use default dual screen configuration utilities in Gnome or KDE. > I've never had them turn out a perfect xorg.conf for my setup, but they have > given me broken xorg's that I've then been able to fix. > - You can use Xinerama to give you one extended desktop. The proprietary > nVidea driver has its own Twinview options that seem to do the same thing, > but in an nVidea-specific way. > - I've always come back to a preference for two completely separate screens > that are hard-coded into my xorg.conf file, but if I had a laptop that moved > around a lot, I might prefer something different. > > Scott > > > On Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 01:35:12PM -0500, Alexander Horn wrote: > > Cool. Thanks for the feedback. I am inclined to just use a dual out > > video card that comes with modern laptop machines (I'm still shopping > > so I couldn't try it out myself yet). > > > > What are you using software-wise (I think it was Jason who > > experimented around with some program to manage dual monitors ... i.e. > > I saw this post [1] on nvidia-specific Xorg configuration but I know > > Jason was doing something else). > > > > I am just curious on what the differences are between a pure Xorg > > setup vs. some alternative solution. Pardon my ignorance on this; I > > haven't had the hardware to play around with this to accurately > > articulate what I mean. > > > > [1] http://www.ubuntugeek.com/dual-monitors-with-nvidia.html > > > > On 10/15/07, Justin Nichols <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > well, it takes a dual head graphics card, and then you just need to plug > > > them both up. I know I had it working when I tried (and failed) a gentoo > > > install, but I dont remember what you need to do on the software side (in > > > linux, its pretty simple in win). > > > > > > > > > On 10/15/07, Alexander Horn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I am thinking of getting a second monitor (for the first time ... I > > > > never had one before). I remember seeing Dr. Bindner and Mr. Novinger > > > > use two monitors at the same time. What is the suggested way of > > > > hooking up two screens? > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Alex > > > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > with Subject: unsubscribe > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Alex > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with Subject: unsubscribe > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with Subject: unsubscribe > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe -----------------------------------------------------------------
