How to setup two monitors?

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I got two 19" monitor,nvidia suse 11.1 64-bit 4.1.3 and I like to know how to setup my monitor.

Could you please help me,I appreciate.

SB

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Open YaST -> Hardware -> Graphics Card and Monitor -> Check “Activate Dual Head Mode”

Make sure the resolutions for both monitors are correct before saving. That’s it. I’m not using dual monitors anymore, but I believe you have to logout and log back in before the settings are effective.

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Do I need a driver for my Nvidia card?

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It should already be detected, if not, someone else will have to help you as I don’t have an Nvidia card.

Try and find out.

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Hi
This is my canned response for doing it the ‘Hard Way’ :slight_smile:

Have you installed the nvidia driver via 1-click? If not I recommend
the hard way, else follow the easy way here;
Nvidia

If you have installed nvidia rpms via the easy way, I suggest removing
the rpms installed and disabling the nvidia repository first.

You can download the driver for your arch from;
Nvidia Unix Drivers

On the download page, check that your card is supported by the driver
your about to download by using the following command;


echo -n "0x" && /sbin/lspci -nv |grep VGA|cut -f4 -d ":"|cut -f1 -d "("

From the above output use the numbers from the output to look at the
Supported Products List (link on the left) to verify your card is
supported by the driver.

You may wish to ensure your system is up to date. The first command
refreshes the repositories, the second lists any updates, the third
will apply the updates.


sudo zypper ref
sudo zypper lu
sudo zypper up

NOTE: If the kernel updated, please reboot before continuing :slight_smile:

If you don’t have the kernel source and tools etc installed then


sudo zypper in kernel-source linux-kernel-headers kernel-syms
module-init-tools make gcc

Press ctrl+alt+F1 and login as your user :slight_smile:


su -
init 3

During the sax2 command below is where you can configure your twin
monitors.

cd to the Nvidia Unix Driver you downloaded


sh NV*.run -q
sax2 -r -m 0=nvidia
init 5 && exit
ctrl+alt+F1
exit
ctrl+alt+F7

The ctrl+alt+F7 gets you back to the GUI (X session).

Now after a kernel update, you don’t need to run the sax2 command, just
the others to get to run level 3, rebuild the driver and exit.

There are some additional tweaks you can manually add into
the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file as well in the “Device” section;


Option         "AllowGLXWithComposite" "True"
Option         "DisableGLXRootClipping" "True"
Option         "RenderAccel" "True"
Option         "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"

–
Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (i586) Kernel 2.6.27.15-2-default
up 22:03, 1 user, load average: 0.34, 0.16, 0.16
GPU GeForce 6600 TE/6200 TE - Driver Version: 180.35

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Adding a second monitor can seriously boost your productivity, especially if you work with large images or spreadsheets. THANKS for this advice… I have alot of unused LCD monitors that i can used…