[SGVLUG] Problems with dual head with KDE 4.1

[Dan Borne]

Claude:

I modified the settings out of Mandrivia's control centre application (I am
sorry, I do not know the English name) with the X Server editing application
therein. If I recall correctly, it did require a bit of fooling around, and
it may sound silly, but I started using the second monitor after I
installed; when I installed I only had one. I think Mandriva just has
problems with the initial recognition of 2 monitors; it failed on 09 so I
just upgraded instead.

Hope that helps!

Dan

2008/12/9 Claude Felizardo <cafelizardo at gmail.com>

> On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 8:46 PM, Dan Borne <danborne.kde at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Claude, I am also using 4,1 on Mandriva 2009 and I am not having any
> > problems.. admittedly I did install 2009 as an upgrade.
> >
> > Just my two pence,
> >
> > Dan
>
> I haven't had a chance to upgrade my desktop at work so it's still
> running Mandriva 2007.1.  I figured it was too old to try an upgrade
> so I did a fresh install in the spare partition.  I do this about
> every other year at work and on the fileserver at home but I usually
> try out newer stuff on my laptop more often.  Pretty much all of my
> machines have a spare OS partition so I can quickly swap back and
> forth.
>
> Anyway, I forgot to add that when I go back to KDE 3.5 on the other
> partition with the MergedFB configuration, when I run KDE Panel, there
> are options regarding the 2nd monitor.  I can enable Xinerama, there's
> an 'Identify' button that will put the big "1" and "2" on each
> monitor.   When I run KDesktop, again, it knows about multiple screens
> - its lets me change the backgrounds either across all screen, a
> specific one or each one.   I don't see the same options with KDE 4.1.
>
> Do you see these options on your system?
>
> claude
>
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