Dual Monitor

Just a couple weeks ago, my father bought a new 19 inch Wide LCD for a good price at Rp. 1.800.000 ,- or about $199. its a fine monitor but there are no cd or driver inside. i get 1 dvi and 1 vga cable, adaptor and the power cable. I think it's a good bargain because after i saw it on online store the same item cost about Rp. 2.000.000,- or about $220. but the support are very poor. the brand is GTC. if I'm not mistaken, its a Thailand brand. when i search for driver on the net. its even hard to search for the company website.

a browse a little bit and found a tutorial about getting dual monitor support on ubuntu. (here is the link http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=221174) i use the mergeFD function on Xorg. its works fine, but first dont forget to backup your current /etc/X11/xorg.conf becuse something will get messy.

1st create clean configuration using

sudo apt-get dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

it's easier to work from a clean configuration. Mainly you just follow and answer the default configuration. but you really have to know a little bit info abot your monitor (such as Hsync, Vsync. browse for your monitor spec on the manufacturer's website).

than just follow the tutorial. and happy ubuntu-ing :p



below are the screen shoot of dual monitor on windows. Im watching my download progress and chat with Pidgin while playing WC3 DotA