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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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. > > > -- Sent from my mobile device -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
