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[PLUG] dual monitors with ubuntu
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This Christmas Santa Claus (disguised as my sister) delivered to me the
second widescreen monitor that I'd been wanting.
Background: the system has both on-board video (ASUS integrated VIA
DeltaChrome GPU) and an added PCI-e 1X video card (Diamond Radeon
X600/X550 series).
The Diamond card uses the ATI Radeon chip(s) so I run the fglrx video
driver to take advantage of the acceleration in the card.
The dual monitors are working with Ubuntu 8.10 (both attached to the
Diamond card) but, alas, without the fglrx driver.
How do I get the panel to span both screens? There appears to be no
setting for that under System->Preferences->Screen Resolution :-(
Also, this video card is "okay" but I'd like a better one that would
support dual monitors AND 3-D/acceleration. Any recommendations? I'd
like to not have to spend more than $100 but that's somewhat flexible
for the right solution :-)
Eric
--
# Eric Lucas
#
# "Oh, I have slipped the surly bond of earth
# And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings...
# -- John Gillespie Magee Jr
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