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NVIDIA Separate X screen in Intrepid Ibex (beta)

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 [...]

Posted 09 October 2008 § Ubuntu Linux ‡ Comments (6) ° Also tagged: , , ,

NVIDIA Twinview in Intrepid Ibex (beta)

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 [...]

Posted 08 October 2008 § Ubuntu Linux ‡ Comments (6) ° Also tagged: , , ,

eeePC dual screens part 2

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 [...]

Posted 23 September 2008 § Ubuntu Linux ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

eeePC dual screens part 1

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 flawlessly ranged [...]

Posted 22 September 2008 § Ubuntu Linux ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,