Re: Dual monitors..



On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 15:40:46 -0800, Ivan wrote:

> Hi all..
>
> Have recently installed opensuse at work, and am interested in running
> dual monitors..
>
> My video card accepts two monitors, one vga and one dvi. .
>
> I've an dvi-vga adaptor, and currently have both monitors plugged in,
> though I'm getting the same image on both..
>
> I've downloaded the ATI drivers (it's an ati video card), though I've
> ran through the configuration and it did not really do anything.. I've
> re-started the computer and am still with the same dual image..
>
> Does anyone know how to do this?
>
> Any help or guidance to the right direction would be great..

I've always used the xinerama howto - check at www.tldp.org if it's not
installed on your system. Quite easy to use - pretty much step by step,
and you'll learn a bit about how X works.

.



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