Dual Monitor Question

[Aaron Konstam]

On Mon, 2010-01-18 at 10:06 -0500, Sam Varshavchik wrote: 
> Matt Smith writes:
> 
> > I am very very new to Linux and Fedora 12 is the first OS I am working 
> > with.  Can someone explain to me in detail how to get my dual monitor 
> > setup working?  I have searched all over the internet to no avail.  I have 
> > a dell monitor and a samsung monitor.  I am not sure what video card i 
> > have and i dont know how to check or find that out since i am new to 
> > fedora.  Any help is much appreciated.
> 
> To determine your video card:
> 
> Open "System → Administration → Display", then the "Hardware" tab. This 
> shows your video card. Additionally, the "Configure" button shows your video 
> driver. The video card may be occasionally listed as "unknown video card", 
> even though you obviously have a working video driver. And even if the video 
> card is listed, it is likely to be a generic name. Run the "lspci -v" 
> command in your terminal window. The resulting output will include your 
> detailed video card hardware info.
> 
I have no System->Administration->Display in my menus. What program does
this represent?

> Your ability to use dual monitors depends on the combination of your video 
> card and your video driver. In the best possible case, you can get it 
> working directly through "System → Administration → Display"'s "Dual Head" 
> tab, then finish the set up in "System → Preferences → Display". In the 
> worst possible case, you will need to manually install non-free video card 
> drivers in order to get dual-head support.
> 
> 
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