UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

This is a nice little article for setting up dual monitors.

Ubuntu Tips: How To Setup Dual Monitor (link removed)

Does anyone know how to do this from the terminal?

I wanted to add a key detail that was neglected from the first article I read. This only matters if you are trying to watch videos.

How to Set Up Dual Monitors on Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid

you mean set up dual screen for text terminals , not X11 ? meaning no X11 running

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it its that, if i remember there are options to pass to getty , u might have to load the fb drivers too for your video card...

for X11 there few option,
Software ; u just unable Xinerama .
Hardware : nvidia it s an option in xorg.conf to the nvidia driver
ati too

you can see that on

Xorg.org doc
Nvidia readme file with the driver
Ati too

I have a intel video driver .

hey cokedude I think you're asking about "xrandr"

This is the command to setup dual monitors from terminal. I suggest you read the man page is really easy to use.

You need something like this:

Code:

xrandr  --output  SCREEN1 --mode 1280x800 --output SCREEN2 --mode 1280x800

But you can also include where you want what screen and stuff, as I said investigate further.

Hope that works for you