Farran wrote: > On Wed, 2008-03-05 at 20:34 +0000, 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 are plugged in - the DVI. Why is this? The screen setup >> > doesn't detect the second screen. >> > As far as I know, i have not installed twinview or anything else >> > manually: don't know if it comes pre-installed... >> > >> > Thanks in advance if anyone can help :D >> > >> > =============================== >> > Farran Lee >> > I'm only 15 :-P >> > >> I recently set up dual head on Ubuntu for a friend using an nvidia card, >> I can't remember the exact details but I'll see if I can help. >> >> 1. run "gksudo nvidia-settings" either from a terminal or by pressing >> alt+F2. >> 2. Go to the "x server display configuration" section and click the >> "detect displays" button >> Here's where I can't remember exactly because I don't have dual displays >> but: >> 3. Set display mode to twinview >> 4. Tick the "enable xinerama" checkbox >> 5. Click the "save to x configuration file" button and merge changes >> when prompted. >> 6. Restart your Xserver and hope. (If you've got nothing important open >> then just hit ctrl+alt+backspace) >> 7. ??? >> 8. Profit! >> >> Regards, >> Adam. >> > ok, thanks, that looks good. have found the control panel and the detect > displays, but i never did it with both screens in. the next step for the > programmery people is to integrate that into the screens and graphics > window. I had to hunt for the nvidia panel, and that was only because i > knew there should've been one... > I'll try it soon :D >
I've given up on ATI for the day and tried an NVidia Geforce 7200GS 256MB card (20 quid from SVP.co.uk). Works a treat in Twinview with independent screen resolutions on my monitor and TV. The only issue I've found is that I get a very slight flicker (it's like a horizontal line where the image is being drawn) in fact action videos. Not sure if it's the card or the CPU not up to the job. Still seems to work. I did find I had to run nvidia-settings from a terminal window as there wasn't an icon for it by default. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
