Comment 2 for bug 889559
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| Harald Rudell (harald-rudell) wrote Re: unity does not work for multiple monitors | #2 |
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get around is:
make sure you have nVidia proprietary driver:
sudo apt-get install nvidia-current
in the whatever windowing environment you got running:
run nvidia-settings (NVIDIA X Server Settings), configure the monitors they way you want, enable Xinerama
save the preview of X Configuration File to /etc/X11/xorg.conf (this file may not exist)
sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop
sudo service lightdm restart
on the X logon screen, click the cogwheel and select Xfce session
- of the alternative windowing environments out there, this one seems to be the most popular according to Google Trends and apparently what Linus Torvald is using
at the moment, it all comes down to:
Do you want to use your computer, or do you want Unity?