Thanks for the help. I am making a concerted effort to do everything in the terminal and just purchased books to learn in depth.<br><br>Here is my video card type.<br><br>01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV370 5B60 [Radeon X300 (PCIE)]<br>
You have mail in /var/spool/mail/root<br><br>Result of second command below:<br><br>Screen 0: minimum 640 x 480, current 1280 x 1024, maximum 1280 x 1024<br>default connected 1280x1024+0+0 0mm x 0mm<br> 1280x1024 0.0* <br>
1024x768 0.0 <br> 800x600 0.0 <br> 640x480 0.0 <br><br>finally when i typed in "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" I got the following<br><br>[root@Matt ~]# /var/log/Xorg.0.log<br>-bash: /var/log/Xorg.0.log: Permission denied<br>
<br>Thanks again for the help it is much appreciated<br><br>Matt<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 6:28 PM, Marko Vojinovic <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vvmarko@gmail.com">vvmarko@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Matt, first of all, welcome to the Linux community! :-)<br>
<div class="im"><br>
On Monday 18 January 2010 17:52:56 Matt Smith wrote:<br>
> this is the message i get when trying to run system-config-display after<br>
> installing it<br>
<br>
</div>It is a good idea not to rely on GUI tools, especially when troubleshooting<br>
something.<br>
<br>
This is how I would proceed --- plug in all monitors you have, open a terminal<br>
(xterm, konsole, shell, any such will do), and type:<br>
<br>
lspci | grep VGA<br>
<br>
(and press the enter/return key) to find out exactly what video hardware is<br>
being detected. Feel free to copy&paste the above command into a terminal, if<br>
you don't feel like typing. Then copy&paste the output of that when replying<br>
here.<br>
<br>
Second, type<br>
<br>
xrandr<br>
<br>
into the terminal, and copy&paste that output also into a reply.<br>
<br>
Once we have that information, we can tell you if any drivers need to be<br>
installed and how, and what to do to enable both monitors. Also, feel free to<br>
attach the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file to the message --- it might look cryptic to<br>
you at first, but it is an ultimate information source about what is going on<br>
with your display. It contains a lot of useful info (once you get accustomed<br>
to reading it).<br>
<br>
HTH, :-)<br>
Marko<br>
<br>
P.S. Since you are a newcomer to Linux, keep in mind that CLI (command line<br>
interface) terminals and shells are a Good Thing --- they can save a lot of<br>
time and grief, and are ultimately used when all GUI's fail... :-) The faster<br>
you learn to use the terminal (or at least get comfortable with the idea of<br>
using it) the easier you will learn Linux. And soon enough you will also find<br>
out that terminal is way more powerful than any GUI. This is a big change of<br>
perspective compared to Windows (where the MS-DOS prompt is useful only to a<br>
small minority of know-how people), and one of the first things newcomers<br>
typically stumble upon. ;-)<br>
<br>
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