On 10/25/06, Lonni J Friedman <netllama@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 10/25/06, Arthur Pemberton <pemboa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 10/25/06, Lonni J Friedman <netllama@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 10/25/06, Arthur Pemberton <pemboa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On 10/25/06, Lonni J Friedman <netllama@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On 10/25/06, Arthur Pemberton <pemboa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > I am soon to install FC6. I have an AGP Geforce2 in my box right now > > > > > pushing my main monitor. I have an lcd which seems to max out at > > > > > 1024x768. I also have a PCI VGA lieing around. Is getting dual monitor > > > > > support as simple as popping in the second card before installing FC6? > > > > > I do not need accelerated graphics on the second card (doubt it can > > > > > anyways) but do use the binary blobs for my nvidia card. > > > > > > > > > > I have never really done this before. So suggestions from others who > > > > > have would be much appreiciated. > > > > > > > > Assuming that you don't have a 'legacy' GeForce2 (see the driver > > > > README for thte list), you can run: > > > > nvidia-xconfig -a --separate-x-screens --xinerama > > > > > > > > and you'll be done. Note that there is an Xorg bug where some apps > > > > (gnome-terminal amongst them) will crash immediately if Composite is > > > > enabled with Xinerama. The workaround is to disable Composite (in > > > > FC6). > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > I use KDE, hopefully all KDE apps will play nice. Where can i find this README? > > > > /usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/README.txt > > > > and on the same page where you download the driver. > > > > I got the driver from livna, the file you seemed to have been refering > to resides at /usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-1.0.8776/README.txt. Only in Livna's repackaging. I'm referring to the official driver packaging.
Thank you. I have a 'GeForce FX 5200' according to lspci, so I seem to be safe. -- Fedora Core 5 and proud
