Help: Using Dual Monitors With KDE/Kubuntu could anyone help with dual monitors on kde/kubuntu

i have finally got a linux installation on my main computer. it's kubuntu becasue it's easy and i started late in the day and did want to stay up all night on gentoo!anyhow i now have a pretty nice os. and it runs so fast. [1.5gig ram makes a big difference]. i have a dual monitor set up in windows and i want to try and get it for linux. i have a nvida card in becasue they have better linux drivers apparently.where do i start in trying to get this to run? i know enough about linux to just about find my way around and do simple stuff but ive not got much experience so i may be a little slow. thanks in advance.

where do i start in trying to get this to run?

Start at the nVidia site. Last time I had this type of problem, I searched the nVidia site, and found a page about the drivers for linux, the way to install them and the way to make them work.You will probably have to do complicated things in the X-Windows environments, or download Linux tools from the nVidia site in order to make the whole thing work. Last time I spent more than one week but at the end the thing worked (er... to be honest it did not really work because I had very old monitors with very poor graphic capabalities, but this is another story).
Regards
Yordan

from my research i have installed the lastest nvidia drivers. i also installed something called nvidia-settings which does almost nothing.

i basically have got as far as this page on their website. i am pretty sure this is all i need to do now. the only problem is i have no idea where i put this stuff or how.

could anyone help with this. all i know is that it is to do with X configuration files.

@organicbmx: The page you mentionned is enough, it gives the things to put in the X-Windows description precisely for this nVidia device. It should be enough if you are familiar with configuring X-windows in Lunux. if not, exactly as stated in the concerned page, you should use "XF86Config(5x) or xorg.conf(5x) manpages."

would anyone [you yordan?] know enough and want to spend their time answering stupid questions from me so that i could get this sorted? im not too urgent at the moment becasue linux is my only distro for a few days and i dont really want to break it.i read what i could from that link and from a xorg.conf readme and didnt get very far. what i tried to do was to replace the parts of the xorg.conf file with what was on the nvidia page and change a few parameters. i then saved and rebooted and all i got was a bash prompt. whatever i did was useless so i restored my back up.i can post what i had and what i changed it to if anyone can read X configuration files.

A link that will help with x-windows setup for Nvidia cardsHelp: Using Dual Monitors With KDE/Kubuntu

You might use the ENVY tool from Alberto MiloIt installs easily, even for beginners, and his site answers any questions you might have.

 Envy or the later version EnvyGN (? - can't remember name exactly) is a graphical tool that will untangle the confusing problems with X-Windows and set things up properly for you.

If Ubuntu will not provide a display at all . . .  you might boot into Windows XP, 7, Vista (providing you have a multi boot machine) open the internet, go to the site below, make a copy of the attached info provided, put it in a place you can access it from Ubuntu or Kubuntu then when needed it will be available.

http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

 

-reply by Dr. Cook

 

i have finally got a linux installation on my main computer. it's kubuntu becasue it's easy and i started late in the day and did want to stay up all night on gentoo!
anyhow i now have a pretty nice os. and it runs so fast. [1.5gig ram makes a big difference]. i have a dual monitor set up in windows and i want to try and get it for linux. i have a nvida card in becasue they have better linux drivers apparently.

where do i start in trying to get this to run? i know enough about linux to just about find my way around and do simple stuff but ive not got much experience so i may be a little slow. thanks in advance.

use `lspci | grep "VGA"` to get your display card name and search its driver in apt-install.
after installed a proper driver, dual monitor will works very well