Re: Second video card not detected?

[Robert L Cochran <cochranb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Brian Parish wrote:

> Just loaded Core 3 and all seems fairly smooth except for setting up dual 
> monitors.  I have an PCI and a AGP card installed, but it looks very much 
> like the AGP card is not being detected.
>
> Tried booting a live CD and it found both cards, but system-config-display 
> sees only one card.  Tried manually setting up xorg.conf using the bus ID 
> detected using the live CD, but of course this is ignored because the card 
> doesn't exist as far as the current system is concerned.
>
> Is there a utility I can use to scan the bus and attempt to force recognition 
> of the second card?  Any suggestions welcome.
>
> TIA
> Brian
>
>  
The Applications --> System Settings --> Display will launch a "Display 
Settings" applet that has a "Dual Head" tab that will let you set up a 
second video card. I've never done this myself in Linux. I use 2 
monitors at my office under Windows XP, it greatly improves my productivity.

Bob Cochran