Hi, I have a laptop equipped with a Nvidia Geforce 8600 screen card. I have installed the NVidia drivers. Besides the laptop screen i would like to connect my Samsung 213T 21" screen and use it as my primary screen when working at home. The problem is that my samsung just clones my laptop screen. It''s running in 1024x768 so my icons are the size of my head (well almost). How do i configure the samsung to be my primary display? I don''t see any resolutions higher than 1024x768 when i open the nvidia configuration tool. I''m running Fedora Core 10. When running vista on this machine it works as i''d like it to work i linux, so i know that the card supports it. Any input welcome. best regards kim gabrielsen
just launch the tool "nvidia-settings" and it will let u do everything graphically 2009/3/2 <kim.gabrielsen@get2net.dk>> Hi, > > I have a laptop equipped with a Nvidia Geforce 8600 screen card. I have > installed the NVidia drivers. > > Besides the laptop screen i would like to connect my Samsung 213T 21" > screen and use it as my primary screen when working at home. The problem is > that my samsung just clones my laptop screen. It''s running in 1024x768 so my > icons are the size of my head (well almost). > > How do i configure the samsung to be my primary display? > > I don''t see any resolutions higher than 1024x768 when i open the nvidia > configuration tool. > > I''m running Fedora Core 10. > > When running vista on this machine it works as i''d like it to work i linux, > so i know that the card supports it. > > Any input welcome. > > best regards > > kim gabrielsen > _______________________________________________ > Fedora-laptop-list mailing list > Fedora-laptop-list@redhat.com > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-laptop-list > >
xrandr -q will show you the available displays and their resolutions xrandr --output TDMS-1 (or whatever your display is called TMDS is DVI) --mode 1280x800 --left-of LVDS (Laptop Video Display?) should do what you want Steve From: fedora-laptop-list-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:fedora-laptop-list-bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of kim.gabrielsen@get2net.dk Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 12:35 PM To: fedora-laptop-list@redhat.com Subject: Dual screen setup problem Hi, I have a laptop equipped with a Nvidia Geforce 8600 screen card. I have installed the NVidia drivers. Besides the laptop screen i would like to connect my Samsung 213T 21" screen and use it as my primary screen when working at home. The problem is that my samsung just clones my laptop screen. It''s running in 1024x768 so my icons are the size of my head (well almost). How do i configure the samsung to be my primary display? I don''t see any resolutions higher than 1024x768 when i open the nvidia configuration tool. I''m running Fedora Core 10. When running vista on this machine it works as i''d like it to work i linux, so i know that the card supports it. Any input welcome. best regards kim gabrielsen No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.5/1979 - Release Date: 03/01/09 17:46:00