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dazz williams · 05-12-2006, 12:29 AM

Hey all,
I recently installed Linux (SuSE 10.0) on my computer and so now my box is dual booted with WinXP and Linux. I have dual monitor capabilities whilst in Windows, but I'm having trouble getting it setup in Linux.
LEFT: Dell monitor, NVidia GeForce2 MX/MX 400
RIGHT: IBM P70, 3dfx Voodoo2
(Keep in mind that I'm a Linux n00b other than some UNIX programming (C, C++, Java) in University.)
I want the primary display on the LEFT with the desktop extended to the RIGHT. The closest I've gotten to this is by running Sax2 and it detected both cards and setup a dual monitor thing, but with LEFT as display 2 and RIGHT as display 1. I don't want the primary/display1 on the RIGHT side, but I don't know how to change it around. I tried booting in level 3 and manually editing my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, but it didn't do anything. Also, when I booted up with how Sax2 wanted it (dual display, but LEFT was 2ndary and RIGHT was primary) the LEFT/2ndary display was there with a single desktop icon and the taskbar, but the mouse wasn't able to go over there and I couldn't make use of the 2nd display at all.
If anyone has any suggestions or ideas, please let me know. Thanks!
dazz.
PS - currently I've gone back to a single display, on the LEFT.

05-12-2006, 12:29 AM	#1 (permalink)
dazz williams Jade Phoenix Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 37	dual monitors on SuSE Linux 10.0 Hey all, I recently installed Linux (SuSE 10.0) on my computer and so now my box is dual booted with WinXP and Linux. I have dual monitor capabilities whilst in Windows, but I'm having trouble getting it setup in Linux. LEFT: Dell monitor, NVidia GeForce2 MX/MX 400 RIGHT: IBM P70, 3dfx Voodoo2 (Keep in mind that I'm a Linux n00b other than some UNIX programming (C, C++, Java) in University.) I want the primary display on the LEFT with the desktop extended to the RIGHT. The closest I've gotten to this is by running Sax2 and it detected both cards and setup a dual monitor thing, but with LEFT as display 2 and RIGHT as display 1. I don't want the primary/display1 on the RIGHT side, but I don't know how to change it around. I tried booting in level 3 and manually editing my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, but it didn't do anything. Also, when I booted up with how Sax2 wanted it (dual display, but LEFT was 2ndary and RIGHT was primary) the LEFT/2ndary display was there with a single desktop icon and the taskbar, but the mouse wasn't able to go over there and I couldn't make use of the 2nd display at all. If anyone has any suggestions or ideas, please let me know. Thanks! dazz. PS - currently I've gone back to a single display, on the LEFT.