<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 6:02 AM, Richard Hartmann <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:richih.mailinglist@gmail.com">richih.mailinglist@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Hi all,<br>
<br>
after reading what the wiki [1] has to offer wrt X.org setups, I am<br>
still unsure on how to set up my box.<br>
<br>
I have one GFX card with two DVI outlets (my old card & CPU seem to be<br>
beefy enough, after all. Yay). I want to use one for a desktop and the<br>
other one for my TV. For now, the TV will not be connected at all times<br>
as I decided to get some experience with my desktop before purchasing a<br>
dedicated system. Ideally, I would want to switch the secondary (TV)<br>
display on and off on demand without quitting my desktop session.<br>
<br>
Does this make sense? If yes, does anyone have a setup like this and<br>
is willing to share his/her xorg.conf?<br>
<br>
<br>
Richard</blockquote><div><br></div><div>This is trivial and supported out of the box. Just run nvidia-settings with the TV plugged in and enable the second monitor. Set it up as a separate display and NOT twinview. You will get exactly what you want. I have two machines set up that way right now. The only issue you might have is setting the system up so that the monitor you want is the main one. Worst case, you edit your xorg.conf file and put them in the right order after seeing how they come up. Or, you might switch the cables and run nvidia-settings again. Both of my set ups are CRT and TV. One of my set ups is really a CRT and either a projector or a TV depending on which one is turned on.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Don't let anyone tell you this is complicated and requires some exotic setup unless you want to do as Yan suggests and have an exotic setup but two monitors on one machine with a single mouse and keyboard is easy. </div>
<div><br></div><div>That said, there is one user who is having trouble with this but they have something strange going on and this is not typical.</div><div><br></div><div>Allen</div><div><br></div></div>