Dual Monitor Question

[Matt Smith]

Thx

But I don't have a hardware tab after I click display just this
monitor tab that says "unknown" with a pic of a monitor and also it
says "rotation not supported", I click the detect monitors tab and
nothing happens

Thanks again
Matt

On 1/18/10, Sam Varshavchik <mrsam at courier-mta.com> 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.
>
> 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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