Re: how to use two monitors with two Video card on Linux box?

"somez72" <rambo88@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

Hi, everybody.

Hi.

I have two graphics card on my system...

OK.

And I'd like to use two monintors at same time.
for example, they display diffrent contents...

It is not entirely clear what you want to do. I can think of three
scenarios.

1. You do not use X, and you want to have two monitors, and you
can login at either of them. I am not sure how to do this.

2. You do run X, and you want to have two entirely separate X
running on each monitor. For this, you need two keyboards/mice.

3. You want to run only on instance of X, but you want it to span
both monitors.

What do you want? I suspect #3.

I'd like to know how to setup for using two monitors on Linux?

If #3, then look for the "Xinerama" extension on X. Very likely
it is part of the default install. You just need to enable it
and to tweak your x-config file.

to use two montors, do I need to install some other applications
or special device?

Depends which scenario you want.

( on windows, I can see some peope are using two montors... )

Then you most likely want to use #3. Go to http://www.tldp.org, then
choose "HOWTO", then select your preferred format, then search for
"Xinerama".

Have a nice day.

You too.

Vilmos
.