> Steven Chall wrote:
> > I've just installed CentOS 6.2 on an HP xw8600 with two NVidia GeForce
> > 8800 GT video cards in it. I have two Dell monitors than ran configured
> > as a single contiguous desktop when this was a Windows 7 machine. I've
> > only been able to access one of the two monitors under CentOS, although
> > the system demonstrates some awareness of the second GPU/monitor, because
> > the second monitor shows the standard CentOS 6 image while the machine is
> > running. In addition, when it's starting up or shutting down a large wait
> > cursor is displayed in that second monitor, and also shows the message
> > "shutting down..." when that's going on. However, the Display applet in
> > the System | Preferences panel menu shows only the one monitor, and
> > hitting the Detect Monitors button doesn't help. Just to test the
> > obvious, I switched the DVI cables coming out of the two video cards and
> > as you'd expect what shows in the two monitors is also switched.
> <snip>
> Either install the proprietary NVidia driver, d/l from their website, by
> hand, or install kmod-nvidia from elrepo, which will build it
> automagically. In either case, it will install an NVidia control panel in
> your menus, and you can select twinview.
>
> mark, on a Dell Precision with that as he types
>
<snip>
+1
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b.j. mcclure <keepertoad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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