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Dualhead describes multi monitor setup with only two screens.

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Multimonitor in login screen vs. lock screen

I have a multiple monitor setup with two screens. The login screen uses dual monitor mode (as seen on the first picture), but the lock screen (CTRL + ALT + L) uses only a single monitor and disables the other (as in the second image). Is there a way…
That Brazilian Guy
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Snap windows to 1/3 of screen

I've got two monitors side-by-side, one in landscape, and the other in portrait mode. For the portrait monitor, I would love to be able to snap windows to the bottom, middle, and top thirds of the screen. Halves is too much vertical screen space for…
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I cannot set up dual monitors to work with 11.10 using amdcccle 11.9

I've installed the ati catalyst drivers 11.9 manually because the default ones don't work with gnome-shell. But when that I try to change the settings in amdcccle(adminstrative) to use multi-display, the application closes and doesn't change…
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How to customise one session for dual monitors, and another for single monitors?

I run Ubuntu on my laptop. Roughly 75% of the time, I'm at work with a second monitor attached. The rest of the time I'm running with just the laptop screen. I can configure my panels (and a few misc things like Conky) fine with dual monitors, but…
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How to setup dual-screen monitors in xorg.conf using Nvidia TwinView?

I have the following xorg.conf file, but TwinView is not working for me when using 2 monitors. Please help me get things sorted out. # nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings # nvidia-settings: version 295.33 …
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Cursor trapped on secondary X screen

Problem My mouse keeps getting stuck on DISPLAY=:0.1. Setup Three monitors on two cards with two X Screens. Radeon HD 6950 (00) DISPLAY=:0.0 Monitor 1 over HDMI Monitor 2 over DVI Radeon HD 6950 (01) DISPLAY=:0.1 Monitor 3 (named 7 by…
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display port on x230 not working

having problems with my new lenovo x230 - using dual montiors, only vga registers anything. This has the Intel graphics controller : 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Ivy Bridge Graphics Controller (rev 09) TO get it to even…
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nvidia card driver not detected: no settings & cannot use HDMI

I have an HP Pavilion DM3-1120eb laptop with an Nvidia Geforce G105M graphic card, running a fresh Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin install. When connecting to a new Samsung S23B550 23 inch LCD monitor the HDMI will not work and the VGA connection will…
Ramon Suarez
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Which dual-head video card(s) are guaranteed to work in twin view on 10.04 or 11.04 with minimal tinkering?

After trying (quite unsuccessfully) to get a Matrox G450 to work in twin view, I've gone another direction and am shopping for new, compatible hardware. I have searched the threads and found the list of compatible video cards, but this requires that…
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Second monitor detected but appear to be "off"

I have been enjoying dual monitors using Xubuntu with Nvidia driver 340.58 for some time now. However, suddenly one of the monitors stops working. In nvidia-setting panel it just appears as "Off" and I couldn't change any settings. Screenshot of…
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How can two people play Minecraft on one laptop with external monitor attached?

I want two people to play minecraft at the same time on my laptop as follows: (internalMonitor) external-dualhead-Monitor LAPTOP (internal mouse,keyboard) …
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Skydome and dualscreen issues with 14.04 and compiz

This shows the issue with windows. As you can see they seem to be displayed as though there were 4 cubes. The issue is the same if I use the multiple cubes option as well. This shows the skydome issue. Whenever I enable a skydome (the source image…
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Dual Frame Buffer on Ubuntu 12.04 Intel HD Graphics 4600 i7-4770

I have 2 monitors connected to the PC, one in HDMI, one in DVI. I have Intel integrated graphics HD4600 Now as far my understanding, both the monitors is connected at the same framebuffer /dev/fb0 How can I detach them and create 2 frame buffers at…
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How can I set up twin view on 11.04 with a Matrox G400/G450?

I've been trying, quite unsuccessfully, to set up "twin view" on 11.04 with a Matrox G400/G450. At this point I can't recall what I may have tried. Currently each monitor is displaying the same video and pressing "Detect Monitors" within System ->…
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Garbage on rotated screen when I rotate a certain monitor

I have a really weird problem with ubuntu natty: I have 2 monitors (Dell 2407wfp and Dell 2007wfp) connected via DVI to a Ati X1600 graphics card. Everything works well in normal configuration, but when I rotate the 2007wfp it displays only garbage…
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