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dual monitors matrox 550

Asked by Andrew

hi have another problem i like ubuntu much better than windows ,but getting dual monitors to work is driving me slowly mad ,i have given up and gone back to the onboard vide on my motherbaord however i have somehow messed this up as i have no picture ,must be wrong driver or resolution but as i cannot see anything how can i fix this , once i have this fixed i would very much like to get my matrox 550 dual monitor card up and running on ubuntu , i am very new to ubuntu and dont seem to be able to work out what needs doing ,i can set this up on windows in a few minutes but am totaly lost on ubuntu , i need some help need step by step idiot instructions as i dont seem to know what i an doing with linux , i would realy like to learn ,would be very gratefull of any help anyone can give me thanks Andrew

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#1

We can try to do something as explained here http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=301961

First make a backup copy of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf xserver configuration file, to do this:

Please open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type:

To make a backup copy of your actual /etc/X11/xorg.conf type:

cd /etc/X11
sudo cp xorg.conf xorg.conf.bak

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

Then open your /etc/X11/xorg.conf

gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Select all contents copy and paste here, i will try to make change and i will send it here, with changed contents.

Hope this helps

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Andrew (workshop1702) said : 		#2

still dont understand how i do this i cannot see anything so how can i open a terminal from menue applications etc i cannot see anything at all that makes any sense . andrew

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#3

Press CTRL+ALT+F2 make a login with your user and password

then try to reconfigure your xserver-xorg, type:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

To be sure to get (low resolution) graphics select vesa video card.

Then restart the pc, type:

sudo reboot

When you are able to get some graphics we can go on...

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Andrew (workshop1702) said : 		#4

this question now dead thanks have opened other questions on this