Posted April 9, 201410 yr I have been using Windows XP for years but with the help of some great people have been migrating over to Linux, specifically Mint Maya 13 (Mate). I think its a great OS, but am still working out the bugs. I installed a graphics card that can handle dual monitors (Nvidia,GeForce2 MX/AGP/SSE2),and have been using dual monitors using the EVGA UV plus 12 plugged into a usb port for years with no problems. Now when I am in Mint ( I am dual booting until I can work out all the bugs), Mint doesn't see the other monitor at all. I tried installing the recomended Nvidia drivers (The X.Org Foundation) but still no luck seeing the other monitor. I understand that the EVGA UV plus 12 device is not supported in Linux. Is there another workaround? the Graphics card has an "S" video input and a VGA input. Would replacing that card again and finding one with two VGA ports solve it.If so which card would fit my old Dell dimension 8100? Thanks in advance! John P Below is some information about my system: Computer Summary Computer Processor Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 1500MHz Memory 2061MB (429MB used) Operating System Linux Mint 13 Maya User Name john (John) Date/Time Tue 08 Apr 2014 08:58:45 AM EDT Display Resolution 1024x768 pixels OpenGL Renderer GeForce2 MX/AGP/SSE2 X11 Vendor The X.Org Foundation Multimedia Audio Adapter CA0106 - CA0106 Input Devices Power Button Power Button AT Translated Set 2 keyboard Logitech USB RECEIVER Printers (CUPS) DESKJET-960C Default SCSI Disks ATA ST3120026A ATA ST3120026A TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S222L LG CD-RW CED-8080B Operating System Version Kernel Linux 3.2.0-23-generic (i686) Compiled #36-Ubuntu SMP Tue Apr 10 20:41:14 UTC 2012 C Library Unknown Default C Compiler GNU C Compiler version 4.6.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) Distribution Linux Mint 13 Maya Current Session Computer Name john-Dimension-8100 User Name john (John) Home Directory /home/john Desktop Environment MATE Filesystems Mounted File Systems /dev/sdb1 / 30.62 % (12.9 GiB of 18.6 GiB) udev /dev 0.00 % (999.5 MiB of 999.5 MiB) tmpfs /run 0.47 % (200.4 MiB of 201.3 MiB) none /run/lock 0.00 % (5.0 MiB of 5.0 MiB) none /run/shm 0.08 % (1005.7 MiB of 1006.6 MiB) /dev/sdb5 /home 15.97 % (67.2 GiB of 80.0 GiB) /dev/sdb6 /windows 0.01 % (9.3 GiB of 9.3 GiB) Display Display Resolution 1024x768 pixels Vendor The X.Org Foundation Version 1.11.3 Monitors Monitor 0 1024x768 pixels Extensions BIG-REQUESTS Composite DAMAGE DOUBLE-BUFFER DPMS DRI2 GLX Generic Event Extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER MIT-SHM NV-CONTROL NV-GLX RANDR RECORD RENDER SECURITY SHAPE SYNC X-Resource XC-MISC XFIXES XFree86-DGA XFree86-VidModeExtension XINERAMA XInputExtension XKEYBOARD XTEST XVideo OpenGL Vendor NVIDIA Corporation Renderer GeForce2 MX/AGP/SSE2 Version 1.5.8 NVIDIA 96.43.23 Direct Rendering Yes Environment Variables Environment Variables DISPLAY :0 SESSION_MANAGER local/john-Dimension-8100:/tmp/.ICE-unix/1527,unix/john-Dimension-8100:/tmp/.ICE-unix/1527 XAUTHORITY /home/john/.Xauthority LANG en_US.UTF-8 USER john HOME /home/john MDM_LANG en_US.UTF-8 XDG_SESSION_COOKIE 6bfa321473a8242589cb95f80000000c-1396958277.385057-244622129 DESKTOP_SESSION default MDMSESSION default MANDATORY_PATH /usr/share/gconf/default.mandatory.path LOGNAME john DEFAULTS_PATH /usr/share/gconf/default.default.path USERNAME john WINDOWPATH 8 PATH /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games SHELL /bin/bash PWD /home/john XDG_DATA_DIRS /usr/share/default:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/:/usr/share/mdm/ XDG_CONFIG_DIRS /etc/xdg/xdg-default:/etc/xdg MDM_XSERVER_LOCATION local SSH_AUTH_SOCK /tmp/keyring-jk4jW4/ssh SSH_AGENT_PID 1601 DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-DJNriH426i,guid=6a667d4eefd258ac7a464e9a0000001e MATE_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID this-is-deprecated MATECORBA_SOCKETDIR /tmp/matecorba-john MATE_KEYRING_CONTROL /tmp/keyring-jk4jW4 GPG_AGENT_INFO /tmp/keyring-jk4jW4/gpg:0:1 Devices Processor Processor Name Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 1500MHz Family, model, stepping 15, 0, 10 (Pentium 4) Vendor Intel PCI Devices PCI Devices Host bridge Intel Corporation 82850 850 (Tehama) Chipset Host Bridge (MCH) (rev 02) PCI bridge Intel Corporation 82850 850 (Tehama) Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) PCI bridge Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) ISA bridge Intel Corporation 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 04) IDE interface Intel Corporation 82801BA IDE U100 Controller (rev 04) (prog-if 80 [Master]) USB controller Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #1 (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [uHCI]) SMBus Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM SMBus Controller (rev 04) USB controller Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #1 (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [uHCI]) VGA compatible controller NVIDIA Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400] (rev b2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) USB controller NEC Corporation OHCI USB Controller (rev 43) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) USB controller NEC Corporation OHCI USB Controller (rev 43) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) USB controller NEC Corporation uPD72010x USB 2.0 Controller (rev 04) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) Ethernet controller Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) Multimedia audio controller Creative Labs CA0106 Soundblaster Communication controller Conexant Systems, Inc. HCF 56k Data/Fax Modem (rev 08) USB Devices Printers Printers (CUPS) DESKJET-960C Default Battery No batteries No batteries found on this system Sensors Input Devices Input Devices Power Button Power Button AT Translated Set 2 keyboard Logitech USB RECEIVER Storage SCSI Disks ATA ST3120026A ATA ST3120026A TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S222L LG CD-RW CED-8080B DMI BIOS Date 08/02/2001 Vendor Dell Computer Corporation Dell Official Site - The Power To Do More | Dell Version A08 Board Name Dimension 8100 Vendor Dell Computer Corporation Dell Official Site - The Power To Do More | Dell Here are some screenhots and a Pic: EVGA device.jpg Graphics Driver.jpg Monitor.jpg Attached Images EVGA device.jpg (82.7 KB) Graphics Driver.jpg (15.0 KB) Monitor.jpg (11.5 KB) Continue reading...
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