Lars turned me on to the benefits of a dual-monitor desktop (and the Kinesis keyboard) in the Collaboraid office, and when I set up my home office I wanted the same. Having wasted more than a few Danish weekends struggling with X driver problems, I determined to do a lot more research. After wasting less than a day or two net, I’ve been working on my dual-monitor setup for almost a month without any problems, so I am documenting it on the internet for anybody else who was equally frustrated at how hard it was to find out what to buy.
The key features of my setup are:
Section "Device" Identifier "PNY NVS 280" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" Driver "nvidia"Option "TwinView" Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "28-80" Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "43-76" Option "MetaModes" "1600x1200, 1600x1200" Option "TwinViewOrientation" "LeftOf"
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Section “Screen” Identifier “Default Screen” Device “PNY NVS 280” Monitor “Generic Monitor” DefaultDepth 24 SubSection “Display” Depth 24 Modes “1600x1200” “1280x1024” “1024x768” “800x600” “640x480” EndSubSection EndSection