StarTech USB2VGA

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I am trying to set up a dual monitor on OpenSUSE 12.2 (x86_64) using a StartTech USB2VGA adapter. The device is recognized in the hardware list in YAST. I see the following:

45: USB 00.0: 0000 Unclassified device
[Created at usb.122]
Unique ID: xJ63.F5Pwikxc329
Parent ID: ADDn.0j9+vWlqL56
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.6/1-1.6:1.0
SysFS BusID: 1-1.6:1.0
Hardware Class: unknown
Model: “Magic Control USBVGA”
Hotplug: USB
Vendor: usb 0x0711 “Magic Control Technology Corp.”
Device: usb 0x5100 “USBVGA”
Revision: “0.01”
Speed: 480 Mbps
Module Alias: “usb:v0711p5100d0001dcFFdsc00dp00icFFisc00ip00”
Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #48 (Hub)

Yet, when I go into configure the display and monitor and click multiple monitors, I get the error saying I don’t have a single desktop spread across multiple monitors.

Could someone point me in the right direction on how to set the USB2VGAadapter for OpenSUSE?

Thanks.

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Its not an error. Unfortunately, due to the underpinnings of the way that X works, what works fine under Windows, and the behaviour that most users would expect/desire, is currently an impossibility under Linux. I’ve described the background and options available to you in several other threads; see my posts in these threads for relevant info or links to such.