>>>>>> Hey,
>>>> I'm messing about with Ubuntu at the minute and I'm trying to get the
>> extended desktop working. I've tried a few different configurations
>> that I
>> found on-line but nothing seems to work. I've got a Dell with an ATI
>> Radeon
>> X1300 graphics card. I'm using a VGA splitter to get dual monitor and
A VGA splitter wont give an extended desktop, its the same signal going
to different monitors.
I have an extended desktop working with an nvidia card; to my shame im
using the nvida binary
but it makes everything very easy.
Maybe you could look at xinearama (that might be spelt wrong)
Regards
Tom
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