Cant get extended desktop

Hello
I have a dual 1.8 with gefore5200 card.
I have a new macbook.
I have the mini dvi-dvi connector and a cable to the dvi port on the geforce 5200 card.
I cannot get the arrange selection on the display preferences to appear for extended desktop.
In about this mac - the geforce card is not recognising another display connected and the mirror is turned off.
Any ideas?
thanks
bronwyn

The video port on the MacBook is an output only, not an input. It is there for driving an external display. You can't drive the MacBook's built-in display as a second monitor for your G5. You should not be cabling up two DVI outputs as you have done. Hopefully nothing has been damaged.

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