On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 02:40:08AM +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:34:18 -0400, Rob wrote in message > <20120424223418.ga5...@aurora.owens.net>: > > > On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 05:44:51PM -0400, Rob Owens wrote: > > > I need to get two monitors running on two separate video cards on a > > > Squeeze system. Do I need to customize my xorg.conf, or is there a > > > simple gui tool to do this nowadays? > > > > > Wow, I got it working already. All I did was: > > > > /etc/init.d/gdm3 stop > > X -configure > > cp /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf > > /etc/init.d/gdm3 start > > > > Actually, I did have to make a correction to xorg.conf. The radeonhd > > driver did not work, so I switched it to radeon and that fixed it. I > > also had to change the order of my screens (right to left), but that's > > to be expected. > > > > For the record, my system has an onboard NVidia GeForce 6100 and a PCI > > Express ATI Radeon HD 3470. The ATI card has dual DisplayPort > > outputs, but my second monitor only has VGA inputs so I opted to use > > the onboard VGA instead of buying an adapter. > > ..so, all you "need" to do now, is hook up your 3'rd screen > to your 2'nd DisplayPort. ;o) > Exactly!
Actually, I now need to figure out how to make the two screens act as one. Currently, I can open applications on either screen but I can't, for instance, drag an application from one screen to the other. I'm not sure if I can do that with separate video cards, though. -Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120425011957.gc8...@aurora.owens.net
