kubuntu 9.10 dual monitor setup

[ted leslie]

ah, ok, i use the binary drivers from nvidia site, they are very good about being up to date, and usually
bug free, so i just use them, and the nvidia-settings, and other app, i believe, are part of the
binary install. 
If from source, i am not sure what is available for gui set up? maybe nothing.
i wonder if you could use the set up utils from the binary package from nvidia, whilst
using the nvidia kernel drivers  from source?

tl

On Wed, 6 Jan 2010 11:27:34 -0500
Rajinder Yadav <devguy.ca-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 10:29 AM, ted leslie <tleslie-RBVUpeUoHUc at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > doesnt  nvidia-settings (or other nvidia app) just allow you to config it? it does for me.
> 
> i don't see an nvidia setting manager, i looked for this on my system.
> i planning to build the driver from source, after I image my system
> tonight, but i have a feeling the drive will not build using the newer
> gcc from 9.10 as I recall a while backing trying to do this when 9.10
> first came out and X was not working.
> 
> > however for rotation of one of my monitors i did find i have to go in an edit the xorg file,
> > but for a non rotated set up, the nvidia configuration gui util (which auto updates the xorg file)
> > work great. Just select the view type you want, i.e. mirror, twinview, or whatever, and it does what you want.
> >
> > tl
> >
> > On Tue, 5 Jan 2010 21:59:34 -0500
> > Rajinder Yadav <devguy.ca-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> >
> >> So it looks like the vid card on my mobo was not liked by kubuntu 9.10
> >> (NVIDIA Geforce7050PV/nForce 630a)
> >>
> >> I just got my new video card also a nvidia 9500 GT to setup dual
> >> monitors. i was able to get kubuntu 9.10 installed and currently
> >> updating the base
> >>
> >> the video card has 2 dvi output to support dual monitors, one one i am
> >> using a vga adaptor.
> >>
> >> i can't seem to get dual monitor to work? from system settings ->
> >> monitor, i see 2 vid output one is DVI0, the other is VGA2 which seems
> >> correct because these are the two monitors i have plugged in
> >>
> >> what's odd is i can set up different screen resolution for each
> >> monitor, but I only see one desktop, both monitors show the same
> >> desktop.
> >>
> >> how do i get each monitor to show it's own desktop?
> >>
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> >> Rajinder Yadav
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