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Questions tagged [twinview]

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Linux: Setting primary display (nvidia) from command line

Is this possible? Normally I use disper to enable my external monitor, but I don't think I can force the 2nd monitor to be primary. http://willem.engen.nl/projects/disper/ I've played around with nv-control-dpy included in the nvidia-control source,…
Joernsn
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Ubuntu - twinview - I want the desktop icons on the right monitor

I'm running LinuxMint (Ubuntu derivative) with TwinView enabled. My right monitor is my primary and my left monitor is my secondary. The problem is that the desktop icons remain on the left monitor even though the taskbars are on the right/primary…
TheCleaner
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Ubuntu Nvidia Twinview error / Flash lag

I am running Ubuntu 11.10 with '2' Nvidia GTS-250 GPU's. I am trying to get TwinView to work. Currently I have everything working as far as both screens are on and I can drag between them and use workspace switcher fine. I am having a few different…
ityler22
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mplayer over 2 screens

I recently found an mplayer command line example that plays a video over 2 screens (nvidia twinview) but I lost it somehow. So does anyone know how to play a video with mplayer and have it stretch over both screens?
Jelle De Loecker
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How to configure multiple video cards in linux?

In Ubuntu Lucid Lynx RC, I got NVidia's TwinView to work with 2 monitors in a single video card. But when I use the same monitors but split them between the video cards I can't make TwinView work and it starts a X server for each monitor. I want the…
Jader Dias
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In Debian Gnome, windows are maximizing over multiple monitors

This is my screen configuration: +----------------+----------------+ | | | | | | This is X Screen 1 | | | Two 1680x1050…
Matt Alexander
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Linux VGA Monitor plug-in on demand with NVIDIA is never detected

Whenever I plug in an LCD LG monitor via VGA to my notebook while running X it never gets detected. As a matter of a fact there are only two scenarios that occur: X server is started with monitor already plugged in: xrandr shows one display with…
Chester K
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How to enable DVI output on laptop docking station? No picture on monitor

I have an HP EliteBook 8540p laptop with associated docking station. It is running Ubuntu 10.04. Until now I have been successfully running TwinView with the nvidia-195.36.24 drivers - using the built-in LCD screen and an external LCD monitor,…
davidA
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Linux Twinview : copy window application to both screens

I use the SUN Presenter Openoffice Extension with a twinview Ubuntu laptop. it works well : I have the video-projector with my presentation and my laptop screen with the slides (and time...). My problem is when I want to present a mono-screen…
Dom
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Kick window to the opposite monitor under TwinView?

In Windows, under dual monitors, I can flip the active window to the same location on the other monitor by hitting Win+Shift+Left/Right. I can also "aero snap" the window to either half of the current monitor by dragging it to an edge or by hitting…
Cheezmeister
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Nvidia: force 1920x1080 as an option

Proprietary Nvidia (290) on gentoo here. I'm running Nvidia TwinView with two 1680x1050 monitors here. Now I want to hotplug between HDTV and one of the monitors. Almost good, but since Nvidia reads the EDID information of the monitors and sees the…
mike3996
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Linux, secondary display is goes black

I'm using Archlinux with Gnome 3.2 and the "nvidia" drivers. I'm using a 15" Apple MacBook Pro with an Apple Cinema Display attached as my secondary display. After about three minutes, the external display is covered in black (the backlight stays…
Miles
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If I run two monitors from two different graphic cards, can I still have Twinview?

I am planning to get a second 2560x1440 monitor for home. The trouble is, I only have 1xDVI, 1xVGA on my graphics card (a 250 GT). I don't want to buy a new graphics card until the prices for the 500 series have stabilized, so probably not before…
rumtscho
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