I've solved my own problem :) To enable the mutliple-monitor support for nVidia graphics cards (I don't think this method will work for other graphic card vendors simple because the commands seem like they're pretty specific to the nVidia driver):
-In the OTC manager, right-click on "Devices" and click "New" -Give it a name and select "Graphics Card" from the drop-down list, click Next -In the "Configuration" tab, select "nvidia (NVIDIA proprietary driver)" -Change the color depth and 3D acceleration settings to whatever you want. -then for the first three "Driver option" boxes put (WITH QUOTES): "TwinView" "MetaModes" "1280x1024,1280x1024; 1024x768,1024x768" "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP, DFP" -Click OK -Assign device to the ThinClient that you want to support dual-monitors :) Additional info: the command "TwinView" enables the dual monitor capability of the graphics card. Without the TwinView command all the other commands are just gibberish to the driver. MetaModes enables the resolutions for each monitor. There's all sorts of different options for this command, see the link below for more details. ConnectedMonitor tells the driver which kind of displays are connected to the graphics card. DFP stands for "Digital Flat Panel" but you can also specify CRTs and TVs. According to the documentation this command is really only useful for older displays, however the driver could not detect my brand-new (as of 2009) Dell 17" flat panels and this command is what made my dual monitor setup work. Of course, your results may vary. Again, see the link for more details. TwinView command reference: http://http.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-9629/README/appendix-g.html There's also a lot of useful information that you can utilize in the "Driver option" fields here: http://http.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-9629/README/appendix-d.html One final thing; I use "Splitview" on the server side to emulate the true "dual monitor" experience for my Windows Terminal Services users. Cheers! DigiDT wrote: > > Hi, > I use openthinclient as a diskless operating system for my Windows > Terminal Services users (users boot to PXE, the linux client downloads and > boot which auto-starts RDESKTOP to my MS Terminal Server cluster). > > Everything works great except for that we want to give the users dual > monitors. > > Basically, openthinclient needs to initialize the second display and then > I can use the "-g WxH" argument to stretch the screen across both monitors > and then Splitview on the server to enable a "true" dual monitor > experience for the users. > > SO, how can I get openthinclient to initialize the second display? > Thanks! > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Enabling-Multiple-Monitor-support--tp22956622p22974294.html Sent from the openthinclient.org users' mailing list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com _______________________________________________ The Open Source Thin Client Solution http://openthinclient.org openthinclient-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openthinclient-user
