Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-xfce (7 mails)

[Hector <hector@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

i think xfce4-display-settings does not offer options other than the  
default 'clone', but you can run something like 'xrandr --output VGA1  
--left-of LVDS1' from console to get an extended desktop. hope it helps,

Hector

En Sat, 21 Jan 2012 03:11:03 +0100, Robert Schweikert <rjschwei@xxxxxxxx>  
escribió:

> Hi,
>
> Finally managed to convince myself that I needed two monitors. Now with  
> two wonderful 23" displays sitting on my desk, I have one problem. The  
> display behaves as if they are mirrors of each other.
>
> Now I am not certain if this is a configuration in X11 or in the Desktop  
> Environment.
>
> I have an Nvidia card, but am not running the proprietary driver, i.e.  
> using nouveau. Before I run off installing the proprietary driver and  
> setup utility (and I guess this tells me that it's really an X11  
> setting?) I am hoping that someone can tell me how to get things  
> working, i.e. displays behave independently, without the proprietary  
> Nvidia driver.
>
> Help is as always appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Robert


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