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mrmike503

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Registered: 2008-12-23

Posts: 15

Questions about xorg.conf

Currently my computer runs a dual-head monitor setup with a 22'' Samsung and a 24'' HP. I just bought myself a 40'' LED HD Samsung TV, but I know my current video card (nVidia GTX 460) doesn't support triple-head. My motherboard (as far as I know) does not have another slot to support another graphics card, so I do not believe that an SLI option is available for me. Is there a way in which I can set up a second xorg.conf or add the TV in a way in which I can switch over to it? I went through the documentation that lets you set up a TV out for certain situations, but I would rather see if there is a way to set seperate xorg's before I try fudging around with my xorg.conf manually.

So I would like two xorg.conf setups: one that is my current dual-head monitor and one that is either just the TV or dual-headded with my main monitor and my tv.

Is there an easy way to do this?

Gusar

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Registered: 2009-08-25

Posts: 3,607

Re: Questions about xorg.conf

The easiest is to have two config files in /etc/X11 and then tell X which one you want:

$ startx -- -config first_file.conf

or

$ startx -- -config second_file.conf

Then there's also a way to use a single file but with multiple ServerLayout sections and then you specify on the command-line which layout should be used. Don't know how to set this up though.

mrmike503

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Registered: 2008-12-23

Posts: 15

Re: Questions about xorg.conf

Close enough to what I was looking for. A bit of tinkering will get it how I want it. Thanks!