I am fairly new to Linux and I am trying to configure my PCLinuxOS distro to support dual monitors. However I cannot figure this out with my limited skills at this point. I know it is possible to have the dual monito setup because I use it in Windows. First thing first, I installed PCLinuxOS on my notebook without the other monitor plugged into the VGA port. Everything is fine. Whenever I go to plug the other monitor in it will boot up on both screens but then will default to the monitor that is connected to the notebook pc and the main notebook screen will be blank.

Here is a list of my hardware and some output info from lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS200/RS200M AGP Bridge [IGP 340M] (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc PCI Bridge [IGP 340M]
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: ALi Corporation M5451 PCI AC-Link Controller Audio Device (rev 02)
00:07.0 ISA bridge: ALi Corporation M1533/M1535 PCI to ISA Bridge [Aladdin IV/V/V+]
00:08.0 Modem: ALi Corporation M5457 AC'97 Modem Controller
00:09.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ601/6912/711E0 CardBus/SmartCardBus Controller
00:0b.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 50)
00:0b.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 50)
00:0b.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 51)
00:0c.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB21 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
00:10.0 IDE interface: ALi Corporation M5229 IDE (rev c4)
00:11.0 Bridge: ALi Corporation M7101 Power Management Controller [PMU]
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: National Semiconductor Corporation DP83815 (MacPhyter) Ethernet Controller
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon IGP 330M/340M/350M
02:00.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB0400 Audigy2 Value

Monitor Info:

Notebook: default laptop lcd monitor recognized as ATI Radeon (fglrx) with the Generic monitor name just as 1024x768 @ 60Hz

External Monitor: HP f1905e it has a max resolution of 1280x1024 @ 60 Hz

I don't know if you will need anymore info than that to help me out, let me know if you dop and I will post it. Thanks to all in advance.

Craig

Sorry for the HP f1905e 1280x1024 is the recommeneded setting.