Re: Best Dual Monitor Supported Linux

From: Luke D <jules.inu@gmail.com>
Date: Sat Jun 17 2006 - 23:04:24 AKDT

I do love my Nvidia card. I am going to try out a live cd of Kubuntu this is
my first venture into Debian, I know heard that the new version 6.06 has had
some problems or this just mostly select cases? I have also read that
*ubuntu has great driver support so I hope the dual monitor will work great
on it. Just on a side note I saw apt and I have to say its pretty nice.
Luke

On 6/17/06, Adam bultman <adamb@glaven.org> wrote:
>
> Nvidia has 'twinview', which I've found is more stable than Xinerama.
> It's a bit more "difficult" to set up, but there's howtos on the 'net.
>
>
>
> Adam
>
> Clay Scott wrote:
> > any reasonably modern distro should get the job done as xfree86 and
> x.org have supported dual-head for years. it's just a matter of proper
> configuration. in my experience i've had better experiences setting up
> xinerama on nvidia cards, but these days that shouldn't matter. i have a
> geforce 7900gt running dual 1600x1200, 21" monitors perfectly with xinerama
> though my old geforce2 worked perfectly as well.
> >
> > i don't know of any live distros that will support xinerama by default
> though i did find a few hits on google discussing problems ubuntu live cds
> have had with it causing distortion. if you want to look at how to set it up
> manually (which really isn't very difficult) check out
> http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Xinerama-HOWTO/
> >
> > i can also send you the xorg.conf from my dual-head nvidia setup if you
> want...
> >
> > ~clay
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Luke D <jules.inu@gmail.com>
> > Date: Saturday, June 17, 2006 8:03 pm
> > Subject: Best Dual Monitor Supported Linux
> > To: aklug@aklug.org
> >
> >
> >> I just got another monitor and bought a DVI to AVG adapters and have
> dual
> >> monitors on my windows box but I am planning on switching over to Linux
> on
> >> my main computer. I need the best support. I am mostly looking for a
> RPM
> >> system. I am also willing to try Debian system.
> >> My video card is a Geforce4 Ti 4600
> >>
> >> Are there any good Live Cds that I can try.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Luke
> >>
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