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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: , , ,

NVIDIA graphics in Intrepid Ibex (beta)

One of the reasons I am installing Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) beta is to examine the state of NVIDIA restricted driver. I am pretty sure this is of great interests to many people (like me) who have bought into NVIDIA camp in the past, when their Linux driver was (arguably) the best available. Unfortunately, recent [...]

Posted 07 October 2008 § Ubuntu Linux ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

NVIDIA driver in Hardy

Up until recently, NVIDIA was the video device for anyone who wanted advanced 3D graphics in Linux. NVIDIA has been releasing drivers for Linux, while the ATI Linux drivers have languished. It was happenstance that I was a long time NVIDIA customer. Even in Windows, I found NVIDIA driver to be “less fluff more substance”, [...]

Posted 04 September 2008 § Ubuntu Linux ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Slow menu with separate X screens and compiz

Background This fix came from the following thread in ubuntuforums. This blog post is a revival of an old post I made to the thread last November. Issue When using Ubuntu/Gnome with nvidia restricted driver, and separate X screens setting, you will find that the menu/window in the first screen is slow in opening.  There [...]

Posted 28 June 2008 § Ubuntu Linux ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,