Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual monitors with independent desktops

2008-02-15 Thread Rob Beard
Ian Pascoe wrote: > Rob > > If I get your drift, you don't actually want an extended desktop, but two > seperate window managers working on seperate monitors? > > If so, have a look at the front page of last week's Linux Weekly News about > the extension to the X environment to handle multiple de

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual monitors with independent desktops

2008-02-14 Thread Tom Bamford
Andrew Oakley wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: > >> Basically what I want to do is send the second monitor output to an LCD >> TV (but not have a complete MythTV installation) which I can just play >> videos on. > > Then just grab the window you want (eg. MythTV) and drag it off your > first monito

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual monitors with independent desktops

2008-02-14 Thread Ian Pascoe
t you were aiming at or the extended desktop? E -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rob Beard Sent: 13 February 2008 00:16 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual monitors with independent desktops Steve Cook wrote: > On Tue, 200

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual monitors with independent desktops

2008-02-13 Thread Kris Douglas
On Feb 13, 2008 9:58 AM, Andrew Oakley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: > > Basically what I want to do is send the second monitor output to an LCD > > TV (but not have a complete MythTV installation) which I can just play > > videos on. > > In Gutsy/Hardy: System menu - Administration

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual monitors with independent desktops

2008-02-13 Thread Andrew Oakley
Rob Beard wrote: > Basically what I want to do is send the second monitor output to an LCD > TV (but not have a complete MythTV installation) which I can just play > videos on. In Gutsy/Hardy: System menu - Administration - Screens and Graphics - Screen 2 - Secondary Screen - Extend the Default

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual monitors with independent desktops

2008-02-12 Thread Rob Beard
Steve Cook wrote: > On Tue, 2008-02-12 at 22:45 +, Rob Beard wrote: >> Hi folks, >> >> The graphics card on my PC has dual DVI video output (it's an ATI Radeon >> X300). >> >> At the moment I'm only using a single display on a 17" LCD monitor, >> however I was wondering if it's possible to ru

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual monitors with independent desktops

2008-02-12 Thread Rob Beard
Steve Cook wrote: > On Tue, 2008-02-12 at 22:45 +, Rob Beard wrote: >> Hi folks, >> >> The graphics card on my PC has dual DVI video output (it's an ATI Radeon >> X300). >> >> At the moment I'm only using a single display on a 17" LCD monitor, >> however I was wondering if it's possible to ru

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual monitors with independent desktops

2008-02-12 Thread Steve Cook
On Tue, 2008-02-12 at 22:45 +, Rob Beard wrote: > Hi folks, > > The graphics card on my PC has dual DVI video output (it's an ATI Radeon > X300). > > At the moment I'm only using a single display on a 17" LCD monitor, > however I was wondering if it's possible to run two screens but > ind

[ubuntu-uk] Dual monitors with independent desktops

2008-02-12 Thread Rob Beard
Hi folks, The graphics card on my PC has dual DVI video output (it's an ATI Radeon X300). At the moment I'm only using a single display on a 17" LCD monitor, however I was wondering if it's possible to run two screens but indepdendently of each other. For example, on my main monitor I'd like