[SATLUG] Dual Monitors with FC6

[Daniel J. Givens]

Gabriel Doss wrote:
> Your xorg looks alright to me. It is how I've got mine setup, except of
> course mine is a desktop and uses nvidia.

The dual monitor config for nvidia is far different than that for ati/fglrx.

Ati has a lot of tools for setting up dual monitors. At work, I have a
9600 and when I installed the latest driver, I got the Catalyst Control
Center that let me enable my second monitor on the fly, change its
position, as well as what type of output (clone, big-desktop, etc). You
can also set it up during the initial configuration with

aticonfig --initial=dual-head

I suggest you download the driver from ATI's site, then read the
installation directions. Look at the options for aticonfig, and once you
get back into X, check out the Catalyst Control Panel, which should be
added to your application menu automagically by the installer.

Good luck. Honestly, ATI's drivers are starting to get easier to install
than nvidia's. Just make sure you have the kernel headers package
installed so the installer can create the appropriate kernel module.

Daniel