@Galaxy_Stranger
Thanks a ton buddy... it turns out that the open-source "nv" drivers were indeed the problem...(or atleast in my case)... after installing the proprietary drivers I was able to get the multiple screen thing working like a breeze...
@ All
s
So here are the steps for any newbie(like me) with fc10 and
nvidia cards who wants to get multiple-desktops working on their machines just as they did in windows...
1.) do "yum -y install system-config-display" to get the xorg.conf file
2.) go to
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us... and select your device driver for download.. if you're not sure about what device is installed on your system just do "lspci".. the entry with "VGA" is your graphics adapter...
3.) after the download is complete, do "init 3"..which will stop your X
4.) go to the directory where you downloaded the file and do "sh your_downloaded_driver_filename"... follow the instructions and you should be fine...
5.) do "init 5" to start your X....(if you have an observing eye you'll notice the change as soon as X starts.. the font colors, window transitions and other gui aspects just look fantastic)...
6.) In System>Preferences you'll find the NVIDIA X Server Settings applet.. play around with it and get all that you ever wanted .
Ps: the applet tries to write to the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file.. in case you get an error while trying to save your configuration.. go to terminal and launch the very same applet with root privileges by doing a "su" and then a "nvidia-settings"...