[aklug] Re: Dual monitors

On Saturday 11 April 2009, Christopher Howard wrote:
> Any of you guys using or have used dual monitors on a Linux box with
> NVIDIA? I was thinking of trying it out with my Debian amd64 machine
> (with NVIDIA 6 series card) but I'd have to rearrange some furniture so
> I was hoping to get some input first.
>
> What I am particularly interested in: If you run a full-screen app,
> like a video game, will it contain itself to the main monitor, or will
> it try to stretch out the resolution? Testimonials on the this or any
> other related issue would be appreciated.

Okay, i use an Nvidia card: Quadro FX 3000, I use dual monitors with each
monitor being independent, what plays on one screen stays on one
screen :-) works great. Vmware does full screen, stays on one screen.

One issue is deciding whether to use the binary package from Nvidia, or
use the packages that come with Debian. If you use the Nvidia packages
you will have to reconfigure after kernel updates. For some long
forgotten reason I use the Nvidia packages from Nvidia, I am still on
kernel 2.6.18 :-) Oh, I use the 32 bit version of Debian.

-- 
Peace
Greg Madden
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