Synergy is pretty neat. And it's much easier than I expected to configure. _Except_ that it does require editing some system-wide X startup scripts if you want to be able to use your mouse and keyboard both on the login screen and when you log in as a real user. Once I found links to that information, everything was great.
Scott On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 11:10:48AM -0500, Jason Novinger wrote: > 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. 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