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TwinView is a brand NVIDIA gives to its multiple monitor support. The generic tag for dual screens is "multiple-monitors"

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How to run Humble Bundle V games on a system with Nvidia Twinview?

When I run Amnesia: Dark Descent or Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery, the games are stretched across both my monitors, like this: Limbo crashes on start-up: How can I solve these problems?
Alistair Buxton
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Moving Windows from left to right screen in Unity

I find myself moving windows around a bit in my two-monitor setup (oneiric, unity, twinview). Is there an easy way to move a windows from the left to the right monitor. I know I can move applications from one workspace to another using…
DrSAR
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How to provide second monitors resolution to application?

I have a dual monitor setup, with the basic TwinView settings from my Nvidia-card (550 Ti). One monitor is my primary display (1600x900) and the other is my TV (1920*1080). I have arranged XBMC to start up on my TV (using windowed mode, a quick and…
Johannes Roos
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Turn on 2nd NVidia screen using command-line

I have a Ubuntu machine next to my TV. Sometimes I use my TV (hdmi) as a secondary monitor, twinview. Using the "NVidia X Server Setting", nvidia-settings, I can turn the second monitor (TV) on or off. (NVidia driver version is 260.19.06) However,…
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Windows expand over 2 monitors in quad-monitor setup

Possible Duplicate: Graphics cards so I can have 4 monitors i just installed ubuntu 11.10 with my previous hardware setup: 4 monitors and 2 identical nvidia graphic cards. draging windows around all 4 monitors works nice, but when i maximize a…
Martin
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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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Different wallpapers on monitors in Twinview with Wallch

Is there any way to set Wallch to rotate through different wallpapers on different monitors, using Twinview? I'm assuming the same trick for workspaces doesn't work for monitors. Thanks
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Twinview dialog boxes all open in secondary screen

I'm using Twinview with Oneiric 64bit with a nVidia card. I have my primary monitor (with DVI) positioned to absolute 0 and my secondary to the right (with HDMI). My applications open on the primary monitor but all dialog boxes like the following…
Pierre de LESPINAY
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Controlling window placement in unity with twinview

I am running a system running Ubuntu Oneric where i have a DVI monitor and an HDTV as my screens. They are set up using nVidia TwinView. The monitor and TV are not side by side and the intent is to drag movies to the TV and then full screen it. The…
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Unity doesn't autostart on second X screen

I have two Nvidia cards both with 2 heads and both configured as TwinView, so I have Screen0 and Screen1 in my xorg.conf. ccsm sees both screens (displays them in the Screens drop-down at the top left), but Unity starts only on Screen0 by default.…
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How can I configure my system to use Twinview correctly?

Story: I have a HP dv7 1020us with a Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT. My internal monitor is broken, so essentially I cant' use it, as I can hardly see anything through it. Recently, I upgraded to Ubuntu 12.10 (manually, using synaptic to upgrade packages…
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How to align twinview monitors with different resolutions and prevent mouse disappearing into dead areas?

I'm using two monitors of different brands and resolutions with NVIDIA TwinView, which works well enough, but one thing that's getting to me is how the mouse can move off the edge of the visible screen space below the left-hand screen and above the…
Will Vousden
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TwinView keeps the desktop stretched when external monitor removed

I have a HP laptop with an nVidia card, and I'm using Ubuntu 11.04 (stable). I have set up TwinView using the nVidia X Server Settings application. If I boot up without my secondary monitor plugged in, the desktop is stretched and out of resolution.…
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How can I use my external display on my laptop with intel and nvidia video cards?

My hardware: Dell xps L502X laptop with integrated intel video card and an GeForce GT 540M (HDMI). My config: Ubuntu 12.04 + nidia drivers 295.53 I didn't manage to use my external display neither in Ubuntu 11.10 with older nvidia drivers. The…
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18.04 Xinerama Black Screen with Mouse Cursor

Alright, guys. I cannot for the life of me figure this one out. What I'm trying to do is change my Xorg settings to act as if my 3 (identical) monitors are a single monitor so I can span a game across all 3. Here are the 3 monitors I'm using with my…
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