Re: [ubuntu-uk] setting up dual screen with a dual head graphics card

2008-03-06 Thread Rob Beard
Farran wrote: > On Wed, 2008-03-05 at 20:34 +, Adam Bagnall wrote: >> Farran wrote: >> > Hi all, especially Rob cos I saw he mentioned this... >> > >> > how do I get my nVidia GT8600 to do dual screen? There's a DVI port >> > and a VGA port, but only one of them will give an image at a time wh

Re: [ubuntu-uk] setting up dual screen with a dual head graphics card

2008-03-06 Thread Farran
On Wed, 2008-03-05 at 20:34 +, Adam Bagnall wrote: > Farran wrote: > > Hi all, especially Rob cos I saw he mentioned this... > > > > how do I get my nVidia GT8600 to do dual screen? There's a DVI port > > and a VGA port, but only one of them will give an image at a time when > > two monitors

Re: [ubuntu-uk] setting up dual screen with a dual head graphics card

2008-03-05 Thread Adam Bagnall
Farran wrote: > Hi all, especially Rob cos I saw he mentioned this... > > how do I get my nVidia GT8600 to do dual screen? There's a DVI port > and a VGA port, but only one of them will give an image at a time when > two monitors are plugged in - the DVI. Why is this? The screen setup > doesn't

Re: [ubuntu-uk] setting up dual screen with a dual head graphics card

2008-03-05 Thread Paul Mellors
On Wed, 2008-03-05 at 19:43 +, Farran wrote: > Hi all, especially Rob cos I saw he mentioned this... > > how do I get my nVidia GT8600 to do dual screen? There's a DVI port > and a VGA port, but only one of them will give an image at a time when > two monitors are plugged in - the DVI. Why is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] setting up dual screen with a dual head graphics card

2008-03-05 Thread Rob Beard
On Wed, 2008-03-05 at 19:43 +, Farran wrote: > Hi all, especially Rob cos I saw he mentioned this... > > how do I get my nVidia GT8600 to do dual screen? There's a DVI port > and a VGA port, but only one of them will give an image at a time when > two monitors are plugged in - the DVI. Why is

[ubuntu-uk] setting up dual screen with a dual head graphics card

2008-03-05 Thread Farran
Hi all, especially Rob cos I saw he mentioned this... how do I get my nVidia GT8600 to do dual screen? There's a DVI port and a VGA port, but only one of them will give an image at a time when two monitors are plugged in - the DVI. Why is this? The screen setup doesn't detect the second screen. As