Except that this is wrong. In a modern distro like Ubuntu 10.10 this just works. Linux is as popular as it needs to be. Framing the discussion in this way misses the point entirely (and is largely irrelevant).
On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 12:55 PM, CITS - Lists <li...@calgaryitservices.com> wrote: > Lol, and we wonder why Linux on desktops aren't more popular. > > Cheers, > > Dave Watkins > > 1-403-701-5746 > supp...@calgaryitservices.com > www.calgaryitservices.com > > Sent from my iPhone, pardon the brevity. > > On 2011-04-23, at 12:48, Rick Johnson <rick.j...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Saturday 23 April 2011 00:31:10 Craig McLean wrote: >>> Does Linux (in particular Ubuntu 10.10, using the Nvidia X Server >>> proprietary driver) allow you to easily configure an external display >>> device. What I'm thinking of here is the scenario where you show up to do >>> a presentation and just plug a projector or large LCD panel in to a laptop >>> that is already turned on hit a display switch hot key and start >>> presenting. I do this in Windows all the time but I've been to enough CLUG >>> and Protospace presentations to know that on Linux this always turns into >>> a mess of X-Server restarts and plenty of tweaking config settings. >>> >>> >>> >>> Is there any way to make that just work? >>> >>> >>> >>> Craig. >> Connect the second display then open the nvidia x server settings app, setup >> the second display and save the new xorg.conf in /home/~. Then open a >> terminal, su and cp the new xorg.conf to /etc/X11. The driver will now >> automatically sort itself out whether the second display is connected or not. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> clug-talk mailing list >> clug-talk@clug.ca >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> **Please remove these lines when replying > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
