[olug] Dual Monitors in F16

[Jon Larsen]

Have a look at this thread to get the driver installed:
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=204752


On 12/02/2011 08:40 PM, Dan Linder wrote:
> If you've booted as normal, press Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get the text console
> screen 1, then login as root and run these commands:
> 1: /etc/init.d/gdm stop
> 2: killall X
> 3: ps -ef | grep X
>   -->  Look for a running "X" or "/usr/bin/X"
>   -->  If still running, kill it by PID (the second column)
> 4: Run the NVIDIA executable
> 5: reboot
>
> Does this work?
>
> DAn
>
> On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 20:02, Jay Woods<woodsjay at cox.net>  wrote:
>
>> On Friday, December 02, 2011 05:32:05 PM Kevin wrote:
>>> Is there a reason that Ctrl-Alt-F2 wouldn't work? F7 is traditionally
>>> the GUI, but I think that in either Fedora 14 or 15 they changed it to
>>> Ctrl-Alt-F1. I've got a stock install of F15 going on now so I might
>>> be able to test it tomorrow.
>>
>> On my machine after the console login, the NVIDIA executable is complaining
>> that an X server is running somewhere.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 16:54, 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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