[olug] Dual Monitors in F16

[Jay Woods]

I should have said that the console login was after a normal login to KDE, 
waiting for the tone, and pressing Ctrl-Alt-F2 to get to the text login.

It was also tried to use the console login from the normal login screen. In 
that case the system just sat there and never actually reached a console 
login.

It was also tried to use "init 3"/'init 5" from the root shell prompt. That 
got me part way through, then I found the nouveau/nvidia problem. It was too 
tricky for me to use.

However, the http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=204752 URL did get 
to something usable. It is being tested out.

On Friday, December 02, 2011 08:40:16 PM Dan Linder wrote:
> If you've booted as normal, press Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get the text console
> screen 1, then login as root and run these commands:
> 1: /etc/init.d/gdm stop
> 2: killall X
> 3: ps -ef | grep X
>  --> Look for a running "X" or "/usr/bin/X"
>  --> If still running, kill it by PID (the second column)
> 4: Run the NVIDIA executable
> 5: reboot
> 
> Does this work?
> 
> DAn
> 
> On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 20:02, Jay Woods <woodsjay at cox.net> wrote:
> > On Friday, December 02, 2011 05:32:05 PM Kevin wrote:
> > > Is there a reason that Ctrl-Alt-F2 wouldn't work? F7 is traditionally
> > > the GUI, but I think that in either Fedora 14 or 15 they changed it to
> > > Ctrl-Alt-F1. I've got a stock install of F15 going on now so I might
> > > be able to test it tomorrow.
> > 
> > On my machine after the console login, the NVIDIA executable is
> > complaining that an X server is running somewhere.
> > 
> > > On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 16:54, Jay Woods <woodsjay at cox.net> wrote:
> > > > On Friday, December 02, 2011 09:28:45 AM Obi-Wan wrote:
> > > >> > Have been using dual head for years.  Long ago with Matrox dual
> > 
> > cards,
> > 
> > > >> > recent years with plain jane aftermarket nvidia cards.  Haven't
> > > >> > thought about it for a long time since it's been plug and play for
> > > >> > quite some time.
> > > >> > 
> > > >> >  I too, use the proprietary drivers and stick with nvidia.
> > > >> 
> > > >> Ditto that.  Been running it for 3+ years at my current job and for
> > > >> a while before that at the previous job.  Both Ubuntu, and both
> > > >> with the proprietary nVidia drivers.  Never tried it any other way
> > > >> because it's just so easy using the nVidia GUI.
> > > > 
> > > > I'm finding out that X can't be running when the installation is
> > > > going on. Is there an easier way (less hazardous way) to get out of
> > > > X than edit the starting run level? I'm not worried about working at
> > > > the command line but am worried that I can reliably edit the
> > > > starting level back to 5. Is a run level of 3 right for F15?
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