Re: [SLUG] Nvidia GeForce FX5700 256 setup on Ubuntu 9.04

From: Eben King (eben01@verizon.net)
Date: Sun May 31 2009 - 12:51:09 EDT


On Fri, 29 May 2009, Eben King wrote:

> On Fri, 29 May 2009, Pete Theisen wrote:
>
>> Gentoo, in my experience, does everything the hard way. Ubuntu, on the
>> other hand, has a lot of default handling built into the kernel. Or so they
>> say, and I hope!
>
> There were two main ways of doing dual-headed configurations. Xinerama, and
> some other method that hadn't been around as long.

"Twinview"

> I picked Xinerama -- even though it was harder to do -- in case the other
> method turned out to be a flash in the pan. I didn't want to risk ending
> up with an orphaned configuration.

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