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bobdobbs
Asked: 2012-05-25 17:44:48 +0800 CST

How do I get two X displays across two monitors, working independently

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I'm running an nvidia card on a machine running a fresh install of 12.04. I'm using the drivers available from the main repos. I have the program 'nvidia-settings' available.

I have an x display on each monitor. However, when I switch desktops on one monitor, the desktop on the second monitor also changes.

This is a departure from the behaviour that I had on 10.10, where I could control each monitors desktop display independently.

Is there any way to get this behaviour back on 12.04?

12.04

1 Answers

  1. There are a couple of settings that you can configure using the nvidia-settings. for an explanation of twinview and separate X screens here. It sounds to me as if you might have chosen twinview when configuring the nvidia-settings. You would need to go back in to the nividia-settings manager:

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    It will require that you log out, then log back in order for the configuration change to take place.

    Hope this helps.

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