How To: Setup Multi Monitors In Suse 10.1 Desktop.

Many people using Suse 10.1 will find it a little confusing setting up a second monitor system therefore in this How To I will describe how it can be achieved (note this how to only offers the basics please post any specific questions in the SuSe forum).

1. Move the mouse down to the K Menu


2. Click and on the K Menu icon to open the menu


3. Highlight System with the mouse
See the image above.

4. In the System drop down window (the tab that opens when highlighting the word System in the Kmenu) highlight the YaST (Control Centre) with the mouse and click.


5. A box titled "run as root" will open (see image below). Type in your root password (administrator password) into the password box. This is the password that you set in the "root password" part of your installation of Suse 10.1.

Do you need more information on what a root password is click this link http://www.bellevuelinux.org/root.html for an explanation.

6. Once this is done this window will open.


7. You will notice that I have already moved the mouse to Hardware and clicked. Once this is done you should see a screen that is similar to the one presented in the image in step number six.

8. Now move the mouse pointer to Graphics card and monitor and click. Look again at the image under number six and you will see it is there.

9. There will now be a short loading time after which this window will open.


10. Click on Activate Dual Head Mode box with your mouse pointer. As you can see this has already been clicked in the above image.

11. Now click Ok.

12. A dialogue box like this will appear. Please push Test. You should then get a test screen in your main screen. Note if the test fails then you should use the Ctrl+Alt+Backspace command mentioned in the dialogue box and then search http://forums.suselinuxsupport.de for how to configure your dual head mode settings.


13. Assuming you got a test screen you can now click Ok and then Save (if you feel sure everything is right). You will then get a dialogue box like the one below. ONLY CLICK YES if you are sure that everything is right.


14. Now plug in your second monitor. Restart SuSe 10.1 and with some luck your second monitor should show a clone (the same image as you see on your monitor) of your desktop.


I hope that this How To is useful. It is important to note that it is very basic and may not work for everyone if you have any problems please post your problem on http://forums.suselinuxsupport.de were people with more experience and knowledge than myself can assist you.

NINJA.

Notes:
Thanks to ImageShack for hosting my images for this how to for free!
Thanks to Novell for SuSe 10.1!
Thanks to http://forums.suselinuxsupport.de for offering a place for people to get some support!
If you want to edit/link or add to this How To please do.
If you want to write a How To for configuring the dual head settings please feel free to use this document or link to it.
If you want to write a troubleshooter for this process feel free.
Thanks also to http://www.bellevuelinux.org/root.html for the root password document. Please check it out.

Does it also work for Suse 10

ninja9100

A very nice howto. I'd love to see it added to the wiki. Nice step by step, with screen shots. Very simple and easy to follow.

My OpenSuSe 10.2 screen doesn't show the "Activate Dual Head Mode box" as you shown in step 9.

I am using GeForce Ti4400.

Here in my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file;

#================================================= =====================
#================================================= =====================
#===================Beginning of xorg.conf =================================
# /.../
# SaX generated X11 config file
# Created on: 2007-08-20T14:35:33-0400.
#
# Version: 8.1
# Contact: Marcus Schaefer <sax@suse.de>, 2005
# Contact: SaX-User list <https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/sax-users>
#
# Automatically generated by [ISaX] (8.1)
# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!
#

Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/local"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/URW"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/PEX"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/japanese:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/kwintv"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/uni:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xtest"
FontPath "/opt/kde3/share/fonts"
FontPath "unix/:7100"
InputDevices "/dev/gpmdata"
InputDevices "/dev/input/mice"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "on"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
Load "v4l"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "kbd"
Identifier "Keyboard[0]"
Option "Protocol" "Standard"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
EndSection


Section "InputDevice"
Driver "mouse"
Identifier "Mouse[1]"
Option "Buttons" "5"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Name" "ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse"
Option "Protocol" "explorerps/2"
Option "Vendor" "Sysp"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection


Section "Monitor"
DisplaySize 338 270
HorizSync 31-80
Identifier "Monitor[0]"
ModelName "E173FP"
Option "DPMS"
VendorName "DELL"
VertRefresh 56-76
UseModes "Modes[0]"
EndSection

Section "Modes"
Identifier "Modes[0]"
Modeline "1280x1024" 106.97 1280 1360 1496 1712 1024 1025 1028 1059
Modeline "1280x1024" 87.75 1280 1328 1360 1440 1024 1027 1034 1053 +HSync -Vsync
Modeline "1152x864" 106.51 1152 1224 1352 1552 864 865 868 903
Modeline "1152x864" 97.69 1152 1224 1344 1536 864 865 868 900
Modeline "1152x864" 90.02 1152 1224 1344 1536 864 865 868 897
Modeline "1152x864" 88.00 1152 1200 1232 1312 864 867 871 895 +HSync -Vsync
Modeline "1152x864" 81.62 1152 1216 1336 1520 864 865 868 895
Modeline "1024x768" 83.00 1024 1080 1192 1360 768 769 772 803
Modeline "1024x768" 76.89 1024 1080 1192 1360 768 769 772 800
Modeline "1024x768" 70.50 1024 1072 1104 1184 768 771 775 796 +HSync -Vsync
Modeline "1024x768" 70.07 1024 1080 1184 1344 768 769 772 798
Modeline "1024x768" 64.11 1024 1080 1184 1344 768 769 772 795
Modeline "800x600" 50.32 800 840 928 1056 600 601 604 627
Modeline "800x600" 45.93 800 840 920 1040 600 601 604 625
Modeline "800x600" 44.75 800 848 880 960 600 603 607 622 +HSync -Vsync
Modeline "800x600" 42.33 800 840 920 1040 600 601 604 623
Modeline "800x600" 38.22 800 832 912 1024 600 601 604 622
EndSection


Section "Screen"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
Device "Device[0]"
Identifier "Screen[0]"
Monitor "Monitor[0]"
EndSection

Section "Device"
BoardName "GeForce4 Ti 4400"
BusID "3:0:0"
Driver "nv"
Identifier "Device[0]"
VendorName "NVidia"
EndSection


Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout[all]"
InputDevice "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
Option "Clone" "off"
Option "Xinerama" "off"
Screen "Screen[0]"
EndSection


Section "DRI"
Group "video"
Mode 0660
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
EndSection
#================================================= =====================
#================================================= =====================
#============== End of xorg.conf ==========================================



Please help?