[CALUG] CALUG Digest, Vol 19, Issue 10

[jtindale at verizon.net]

  I'm a bit of an Ubuntu Linux noob, but I also had to do this to an old 
Dell Laptop. I hooked it up to an overhead projector, and when I 
disconnected it, the GUI couldn't recognize the laptop monitor.  I had 
to boot to command line, and do the same thing.
am I right when I say that linux treats display drivers like a "server" 
in this mode?

Here's the wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xorg.conf

turning off screen compositing meant that you weren't extending the 
screen to a second monitor.

here's what appears to be a pretty decent discussion about it.

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=6833

I know there's a new gui for gnome, KDE has had one at least since 7.10 
(the oldest I know)

-johntindale


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Today's Topics:

   1. ubuntu Hardy and nvidia quadro FX 570 graphics card
      (Wendel Dean Renner)

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My problem was resolved.  Using envyng works but one had to edit the
file
/etc/X11/xorg.conf

and in the extensions section change Enable to Disable:

Section "Extensions"
	Option		"Composite"	"Disable"
EndSection

I have no idea what the above did.  Does anyone know?


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