Expanding the desktop with 2 montitors

Jeffry Smith smith at mclinux.com
Wed Aug 8 14:59:23 EDT 2001


I've never done it, but the XFree86 4.x stuff has xinerama, which does 
what you describe.  You need to check the xfree86.org site to get a feel 
for the cards that support this.

jeff

George Flaherty said:
>I have an extra monitor and I would like to use 2 monitors for my LINUX
>box. Now I have seen this before for NT, but I don't know if there is a
>LINUX version. In the end I would like to be able to use both monitors
>for a single desktop session. Therefore when the mouse move to the right
>side of the left-hand monitor, it will jump (be focused) on the
>right-hand side monitor. 
>
>Is this even possible (and with in reason $$) for LINUX? I am assuming I
>will need to purchase a graphics card that will take two monitors?
>
>Any input would be great
>thanks
>-g

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