Dual screens with NVIDIA in Linux
In a previous post, I wrote about dual screens with NVIDIA in Linux, including how to set up NVIDIA Twinview in Intrepid. In this post, I will continue with how to set up Separate X screen in Intrepid.
Hardware
I have a PC with a LCD monitor as the primary [...]
Dual screens with NVIDIA in Linux
The NVIDIA restricted driver supports dual screens in two ways: “Twinview” or “Separate X screen”. Both have advantageous and disadvantageous.
Personally, I prefers “Separate X screen”, because I like to have both screens totally independent. This is especially useful with Compiz cube enabled: you could rotated the cube independently [...]
Recap
Continuing from eeePC dual screen part 1, here are the three problems again:
Compiz cube spanned both screens, resulting in one big cube.
The gnome-panels in dual screens mode are located in the external screen. I would like them to stay in the internal screen instead.
I am using “Fill screen” setting for my desktop wallpaper. [...]
Background
I have been using an eeePC 900, running standard Ubuntu Hardy 8.04.1. It took some hacking to get the various hardware in the eeePC to function. However, I have been avoiding using the external VGA port. From what I know about the current state of Ubuntu desktop, getting dual screens to function [...]
