Dual monitors on Mageia 2

[OldVic]

I installed the full version as KDE and it looked very slick but it didn't automatically set up my monitors like Fedora does. I enabled non-free repository and installed nvidia drivers. In management I clicked on drivers and was told I had a 3d proprietary driver which I accepted. This was identical to what I have done with other repos. After rebooting, instead of being 2 identical screens the tool bar was only on display 2 and I couldn't switch workspaces. I installed Compiz and then was able to change workspaces via the rotating cube. I couldn't find the green nvidia display manager icon so that I could get twin view. Since I couldn't scroll the tool menu past the "K"'s. I thought maybe E17 would have a more positionable menu. After installing E17 and now seeing the Enlightenment choice I tried it but I couldn't log in until I switched back to KDE.
Then I installed the live version and chose Gnome. It wouldn't let me log in as Gnome but only LXDE. Now when I attempted to get the non-free nvidia drivers I was told to insert the medium with the core drivers. It didn't accept either one of my disks. Since my previous excellent Pardus is going under, I'm trying to get a new one. I like your's the best except for the display problem. Please help.

[wintpe]

i always have this with my dual monitor setup.

heres my xorg.conf its for a nvidea 7300

# File generated by XFdrake (rev 262502)

# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 275.09.07 (iurt@ecosse.mageia.org) Thu Jun 16 02:19:16 UTC 2011

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
Option "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/default/Type1"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Samsung SyncMaster"
HorizSync 30.0 - 81.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 7300 SE/7200 GS"
Driver "nvidia"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24

Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubsection
Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "CRT-0"
Option "TwinView" "1"
Option "metamodes" "CRT-0: nvidia-auto-select +0+0, CRT-1: nvidia-auto-select +1280+0"
EndSection

and the nvidea control panel is under tools

regards peter

[doktor5000]

Please have a look at



and for more detailed explanation ftp://ftp.mandrivauser.de/rpm/rpm/extra ... e_tags.ogv