General :: X11 And TEXT Mode On Dual Monitors?
Dec 4, 2010I, too, have a dual-monitor set up. I would like to use one monitor to run X11, and the other to run a text-only mode, like when you press ctrl+alt+fX, where 1 <= X <= 6.
View 2 Replies
ADVERTISEMENT
Ubuntu :: Unable To Use Separate X Servers Mode For Dual Monitors
May 2, 2011Prior to upgrading to 11.04 from 10.10, I was using the Seperate X Servers option in nvidia-settings for handling my dual-monitor setup. This mode enabled both monitors to be fully independent, running their own WM and having their own virtual desktops. This was convenient for me as I could keep my web browser on one virtual desktop on one screen, and switch to other virtual desktops without losing it. However, since upgrading to 11.04, this mode no longer functions properly.
The issues I have ran into with it are various:
1: The window manager no longer starts on the second monitor.
2: Any panel applets that were present on the second monitor immediately crashed upon switching over to Ubuntu Classic from Unity, and were unable to be added back to the panel (they would just crash again as soon as they were added)
3: Any application I started on that second monitor from the menus or launcher shortcuts would start without having focus, and could not gain focus through any means (focus remained on the primary monitor, the second monitor's interface would not respond to keystrokes of any sort, mouse-clicking in windows would not give them focus either).
This has essentially completely broken the usability of my system for my work.
General :: Increase Text Size In 10.04 Due To Having Large Resolution/monitors?
Apr 3, 2010I have 24" dual monitors with 1920x1080 resolution on both of them. Consequently the text appears so small. I use the following text-intensive applications frequently:
Web browser (Google Chrome)
IDE (Komodo)
Terminal (Gnome Terminal)
Email (Thunderbird)
I can configure text size on IDE, Terminal and Email. But for Chrome, it is not a good idea to set proportional font size because often one wants to see the entire (not just proportional fonts) site to be zoomed. So I am asking: Is it possible to increase DPI in Ubuntu (much like on Windows) so as to increase the text size across all apps? OR Is it possible to set permanent 'zoom' in Google Chrome, using a third-party extension maybe?
General :: How To Set Up Dual Monitors On Kubuntu 10.04
May 20, 2010I installed the latest nVidia drivers on my laptop using the 9800M card. The laptop is a Gateway P-7805u and I'm connected to the second monitor using VGA.Also, before installing the nVidia drivers (and just using the basic drivers included with Kubuntu 10.04), basic dual monitor support worked, except I could not enable compositing features for some reason. So I thought the proprietary drivers would fix this.Several issues have arisen since installation:
1) I've clicked through all of the display settings to activate the second screen with absolutely no change.
2) When I try to apply settings and Save Configuration as the nVidia help suggests, I am told that I cannot save to the X.conf file. I assume this is due to innate permissions on my user settings, which I have no idea how to properly configure.
3) I have no idea where to go from here, as most of the fixes I found online involve Linux syntax and verbiage, to which I'm totally clueless after spending over half my life with Windows.
General :: Cheap Video Card For Dual Monitors?
Feb 25, 2010I am looking to build a new desktop. What is the lowest end video card that will fits the following:
Supports 2 monitors at 1920x1200 or 1600x1200
Works with Linux.
3d performance isn't much of an issue, since I don't play computer games. I use the computer mostly for programming, which is why I like having the large resolution, so I don't have to scroll around so much.
General :: Synergy Config Dual Monitors Separately
Sep 17, 2010In Synergy, is it possible to set up your config so that you have one server and one client, both with dual monitors, but the client machine has its monitors such that one is on the left of the server's left monitor, and the other is on the right of the server's right monitor? For example:
+----------+ +----------+ +----------+ +----------+
| client | | server | | server | | client |
| screen1 | | screen1 | | screen2 | | screen2 |
+----------+ +----------+ +----------+ +----------+
Hopefully my ASCII is good enough to understand. Both machines will be running Linux. If there's a way to do it by messing with xorg configs that would be perfectly acceptable too.
General :: Switching Between Monitors In Dual-head Setup
Feb 16, 2011I'm using gnome in a dual-head setup with individual desktops. Is there any way to "jump" to another monitor using the keyboard only? Now the only method I know is to move the mouse pointer to the another screen and click on something there. Can I do something like that without using the mouse?
View 3 Replies View RelatedGeneral :: How To Fullscreen Application Across Both Monitors Of Dual Head Display
Feb 3, 2011I have two Ubuntu 10.4 machines (and Ubuntu continues to hide more and more xorg.conf config such that I no longer know where to find it). One is a laptop running dual headed - DP1 is the internal screen, and VGA1 is an external monitor; both are running at 1600x900. The other machine is a desktop running both VGA1 and HDMI1 (which is actually a display port with a DVI adapter) at 1600x900. So in both instances my desktop is 3200x900. I run a VNC server on the laptop and connect to it (via SSH tunnel) from the desktop - when I press the full screen hot key, I get a 1600x900 view of the remote machine on one monitor, and half of my local desktop on the other monitor - the "full screen" only expands to fill one local monitor.
Normally this is exactly what you want when you full screen a web browser, email client, or other application. I'm sure there's some X magic to make it clear what a full screen actually entails, and the vnc client application is just dutifully accepting what it's told. While I would like to keep the normal full screen behavior for regular applications, but when I'm VNCing to another 3200x900 machine, I'd really like full screen to stretch across both local displays. Resizing the window to be "close" isn't quite good enough since I still have local panels at the top and bottom of one display (though I can set them to autohide), plus the VNC client application window border (since it doesn't appear to respect -notitle).
Is there any good way to have X lie to a single application about the "full screen" size? Can I get it to lie to all applications? xrandr --noprimary appears to have no effect.
General :: Virtual Machines And Dual Monitors With A Windows 7 Host And Guest?
Oct 4, 2010I'm looking for virtual machine software that supports dual monitors on a Linux guest with a Windows 7 host.VirtualBox supports dual monitors only for Windows guests. VMware Player was extremely slow, so I gave up. I'm not sure it supports dual monitors, anyway. Can anyone recommend a product for what I want to do?
View 1 Replies View RelatedGeneral :: Configuring Xorg.conf On RHEL5 To Support Dual Monitors?
Jan 19, 2010My Dell Precision Workstation was shipped in 2003 with RH Linux installed (most likely RHEL 4) - though not sure.
At the time, the dual monitors worked by replacing the X86config file with one sent from Dell.
Since, my disk failed and I had to replace the disk and reinstall RH Linux with the shipped disks, RHEL 5.
Now, I can not find X86config; rather, I have been trying to update the Xorg.conf file with no to limited success.
Both monitors are driven off of one Nvidia Quadro FX 1300 videocard. My goal is to get the screen to span both.
Does anyone have a Xorg.conf file that would support this?
Ubuntu :: Dual Login On Dual Monitors?
Jul 1, 2011I want to be able to login on different users on my two screens. Is that possible? It would be nice if I could have the left screen and my gf could have the right. I'm using ubuntu 10.04 with gnome, and I have a Nvidia graphics card.
View 8 Replies View RelatedGeneral :: GUI Interface And One For Text-Mode?
Jun 30, 2010I have posted about 20 Slitaz Video Tutorial I made. I thought it might be helpful for new comers to Slitaz. I've have 2 playlists. One for the GUI interface and one for Text-Mode. Both playlists can be found at:[URL].. Let me know if there is anything you would like me to go over in future tutorials.
View 2 Replies View RelatedServer :: Change From Graphic Mode To Text Mode In CentOS 5.3?
Sep 14, 2009The system always boot up in Graphic Mode. After installation of Web Server, I want to disable Graphic Mode and change it to boot to Text Mode to save memory. Is there a way to disable graphic mode?
View 1 Replies View RelatedGeneral :: Installation - Text Mode Vs Graphical
Jun 30, 2010I have just been using distro's that install with a graphical interface, but some of the distro's forum members recommend are installed text mode only. How difficult is a text mode install
View 9 Replies View RelatedGeneral :: Ctrl+alt+(f1-f6) Does Not Work / Could Not Get The Text Mode?
Oct 29, 2009Ctrl+alt+(f1-f6) does not work..Am using VMware just for Practice purpose.
I have installed Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.But Whenever i start my System(VMWare)it shows the GUI mode.When i press Ctrl+alt+f1 etc...i could not get the text mode.
I changed the default setting in /etc/inittab but when changed it logs on to text mode and i could not get GUI mode when Ctrl+alt+f7 is pressed.
General :: Install RedHat In Text Mode?
Dec 26, 2010I want to know how we can install redhat Linux Enterprise in text mode on my system?
View 4 Replies View RelatedGeneral :: Install Fedora 11 From Text Mode?
Jun 13, 2010how to install fedora 11 from text mode . I am in a situation to install in text mode only .there is no such option in fedora 11 . Because i have already installed fedora 9 in text mode.
View 2 Replies View RelatedGeneral :: View Png Or Pdf Files In Text-mode?
Apr 15, 2011is it possible to view png or pdf files in linux text-mode?
View 1 Replies View RelatedGeneral :: Text Mode Paint Program?
Mar 12, 2010I am looking for a text mode paint program for linux.
Like... something that uses ncurses or something to paint images without having X installed.
Does such a program exist?
If so where can I find it?
General :: Force Fedora 12 To Start To Text Mode?
Jul 13, 2010I have a problem with my newly installed ATI driver so my Fedora 12 boots to a frozen graphic mode display.I need to force it to boot to text mode interface to start adjusting my X configuration. What to do?This is a new Fedora 12 installation without any change to GRUB etc.
View 2 Replies View RelatedGeneral :: Set More Lines To Scroll Backwards, In Text Mode?
Dec 27, 2010I want to scroll back 10000+ lines in text mode linux terminal. As there is an unlimit option in gnome-terminal, so I guess if this is also possible in text mode?
View 2 Replies View RelatedGeneral :: Text Mode Browser That Supports At Least Basic Javascript?
Apr 4, 2010I looked at links2 and elinks - neither one seems to even support a simple javascript redirect on a site.
View 2 Replies View RelatedGeneral :: Changing Font Size In Text Mode Terminal?
Apr 10, 2011I have a ubuntu linux working in TEXT mode. I would like the change the font size (or if possible, get my terminal with inconsolata font). How can i do it?
PS: i don't have a GUI or X Windows running.
sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup
General :: View PDF In Server Edition (CLI Mode) - Not Converted To Text
Aug 18, 2011To force myself to use CLI all the time, I've installed Ubuntu Server edition on my work laptop. However, I still want to be able to view PDF ( rendered as normal PDF, not converted to text ). Basically I want a totally CLI environment, except for PDF viewer.
View 1 Replies View RelatedGeneral :: Destroy Booting Logo Splash At Text Mode?
Jan 7, 2011I installed fandora 14.I modified "/etc/inittab" for change "text mode".
id:5:initdefault:
to
id:3:initdefault:
And I want to disappear the booting logo splash. Beacuse I want to see kernel messages at the linux booting.
General :: Install System By Using Text Mode - Fdisk Tool?
Dec 14, 2010How to install linux by using text mode or fdisk tool
View 3 Replies View RelatedGeneral :: Turn Off Monitor (Energy Saving) While In Text Console Mode
Nov 3, 2010How to configure Linux text console to automatically turn of the monitor after some time? And by "text console" I mean that thing that you get on ctrl+alt+F[1-6], which is what you get whenever X11 is not running. And, no, I'm not using any framebuffer console (it's a plain, good and old 80x25 text-mode). Many years ago, I was using Slackware Linux, and it used to boot up in text-mode. Then you would manually run startx after the login. Anyway, the main login "screen" was the plain text-mode console, and I remember that the monitor used to turn off (energy saving mode, indicated by a blinking LED) after some time. Now I'm using Gentoo, and I have a similar setup.
The machine boots up in text-mode, and only rarely I need to run startx. I say this because this is mostly my personal Linux server, and there is no need to keep X11 running all the time. (which means: I don't want to use GDM/KDM or any other graphical login screen). But now, in this Gentoo text-mode console, the screen goes black after a while, but the monitor does not enter any energy-saving mode (the LED is always lit). Yes, I've waited long enough to verify this. Thus, my question is: how can I configure my current system to behave like the old one? In other words, how to make the text console trigger energy-saving mode of the monitor?
General :: Directly Logging In As Root In A Text Mode Terminal (tty1-tty6)?
May 13, 2010What are the differences between "su -" in a GUI terminal and directly logging in as root in a text mode terminal (tty1-tty6)? Any environment, path or other functionality differences?
View 14 Replies View RelatedDebian :: Trying To Get Dual Monitors Set Up
Apr 3, 2010So I'm using Lenny, trying to get dual monitors set up. I'm not sure on the correct steps, but have done some googlin' and wasn't finding what i was looking for. (could be that i just missed it)
lspci:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV516 [Radeon X1300/X1550 Series]
01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV516 [Radeon X1300 Pro] (Secondary)
Ubuntu :: Set Up Dual Monitors?
May 28, 2010I have a Dell inspiron 1525 laptop with a 1280x800 display and an external 1280x1024 monitor. I'm using 9.04 with openbox. I've done a loooot of online reading about how to get a dual monitor setup using xrandr, and I really don't know what I'm missing here. So here's the deal: I want to have my external monitor on the left of the laptop's display, and of course I want each of them to display different parts of the desktop.
First I set up the right resolution to each one of them (I do it using lxrandr). Typing xrandr -q in a terminal, I get the following:
[Code]...