[olug] Dual Monitors in F16

[Cooper Vertz]

At a shell prompt, as root, just type "init 3" to go down to 3, then "init
5" when you're done.

On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 4:54 PM, Jay Woods <woodsjay at cox.net> wrote:

> On Friday, December 02, 2011 09:28:45 AM Obi-Wan wrote:
> > > Have been using dual head for years.  Long ago with Matrox dual cards,
> > > recent years with plain jane aftermarket nvidia cards.  Haven't thought
> > > about it for a long time since it's been plug and play for quite some
> > > time.
> > >
> > >  I too, use the proprietary drivers and stick with nvidia.
> >
> > Ditto that.  Been running it for 3+ years at my current job and for a
> > while before that at the previous job.  Both Ubuntu, and both with the
> > proprietary nVidia drivers.  Never tried it any other way because it's
> > just so easy using the nVidia GUI.
>
> I'm finding out that X can't be running when the installation is going on.
> Is
> there an easier way (less hazardous way) to get out of X than edit the
> starting run level? I'm not worried about working at the command line but
> am
> worried that I can reliably edit the starting level back to 5. Is a run
> level
> of 3 right for F15?
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