Dual monitor dock for X series

Is there a docking station that supports 2 monitors? I don't want to use the notebook for one, I need 2 seperate displays. Is this available?

When considering USB solutions you need to check which screen resolutions they support; for instance the Lenovo USB Port Replicator "supports video resolutions up to 1440 x 900 at 60 Hz; 1400 x 1050 at 60, 75, or 85 Hz with superior quality"
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Menu bar shows twice on dual monitor, dock moves around

Mac Pro (early 2008) w/ Yosemite and dual monitor display
The menu bar at the top of the screen appears on BOTH monitors ALL the time. However, the one on the secondary monitor is dimmed out, and can be two or three app switches behind. For example, awhile ago I worked in Illustrator, and the Illustrator menu bar is visible in the second monitor (but dimmed). On the main monitor I have been in several apps since, but currently it is showing Firefox. If I mouse click on that dimmed out menu it will go right to Illustrator - and the Illustrator menu will appear on BOTH monitors. It will remain this way until switching to another app which has palettes on the second monitor, so just now I went to InDesign, and now that menu bar is visible. Also visible are the usual items in the right part of the menu, such as the time.
The Dock can also switch monitors, but that has only happened once.
Finally, but I think related. When in Adobe apps, with all the palettes located in the second monitor, when I click on something which should pop up more choices (anything in the character palette) - sometimes the pop-up will appear all the way across both screens, and on the main monitor. That is a ridiculous pain.
Other than that the system seems stable, and the apps do work. I did go back down to one desktop in spaces, but that seems to make no difference. Ideas ???

In my preferences - NONE of the check boxes are checked. I did check the mirror displays one earlier today, but that is not the answer.
Right now on my main monitor I have Firefox in the top menu, and the dock in the bottom, on the secondary monitor, it shows Photoshop main menu dimmed out. If I click on a Photoshop command in that menu, it immediately goes to the program.
iTunes is open, I just moved the main window over to that second monitor, now I can see both this Firefox screen and the Firefox menu, but now on the secondary monitor I see the iTunes window -- and the iTunes main menu is visible but dimmed in the second monitor.
I honestly don't think this is intended. It is certainly not helpful. The second monitor seems to remember whatever was open there last. Weird. I have used 2 monitors for YEARS, not seen that one before.

Need help with dual monitor setup for KDE 3.5.5.

Here's my hardware:
NEC MultiSync LCD 1530V: 1024x768 (analog)
Samsung SyncMaster 941BW: 1440x900 (digital)
nVidia Dual head AGP video card.
The dual monitor works under dual-boot Windows, boot up and pure Linux console. I've googled around for help, changed my xorg.conf file accordingly to some sites, but it wasn't much help.
Here's my working xorg.conf:
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Simple Layout"
Screen "Screen 1" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
EndSubSection
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "kbd"
Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc101"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Auto" # Auto detect
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "NEC LCD1530V"
HorizSync 31.5 - 48.5
VertRefresh 50.0 - 70.0
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Standard VGA"
Driver "vga"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA GeForce"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NoLogo" "true"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "NVIDIA GeForce"
Monitor "NEC LCD1530V"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Using this xorg.conf file, only my NEC LCD analog monitor could display KDE while the Samsung digital can't.
Any suggestions?

Thanks for your help guys, I'm halfway there.
The second monitor shows the KDE desktop, but it isn't exactly what I expected. Right now, both monitors display at 1024x768 (each) or 2048x768 (total). The larger monitor stretches and distorts the display of 1024x768 to its natural resolution at 1440x900 and it isn't what I wanted. Other than that, the dual desktop setup behaves what I expected to.
Here's a snippet of my xorg.conf that currently works:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "NEC LCD1530V"
HorizSync 31.5 - 48.5
VertRefresh 50.0 - 70.0
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Samsung SyncMaster"
HorizSync 31.5 - 60
VertRefresh 60.0 - 70.0
EndSection
Section "Device"
#VideoRam 131072
# Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
Identifier "NVIDIA GeForce"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NoLogo" "true"
Option "TwinView" "true"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "LeftOf"
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-50"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60"
# Option "MetaModes" "1440x900, 1440x900; 1024x768, 1024x768"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "NVIDIA GeForce"
Monitor "NEC LCD1530V"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 2"
Device "NVIDIA GeForce"
Monitor "Samsung SyncMaster"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
Modes "1440x900"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Anyone have an idea?
EDIT: Oh snaps. I just did a pacman -Syu and it upgraded Arch Linux to 0.8 and the 2nd monitor stopped working.

Dual Monitor setup for Mac Mini???

I just bought a VGA Y-cable and split my monitor signal to two monitors. Unfortunatley the same thing is displayed on both screens where as I was looking for an extension to my desktop.
I found this http://www.national-tech.com/catalog/dvisplitter.htm (the top one for $ 146)
I was wondering if I split the signal with a dvi splitter rather than a vga splitter if i could have a dual monitor setup with more screen space...
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This will do it for you: http://shopmatrox.com/usa/products/datasheet.asp?ID=788
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Want advice on dual monitor options for touchsmart for IQ 770

My screen is just too small (use dual monitors at work) so I bought a 2nd monitor, brought it home and there was no where to plug in the connector cords. Surprise! Is it possible to have a dual screen with the touchscreen? A retail guy told me no when I tried to find an adaptor of some sort. Any help appreciated.

You should be able to use a USB display adapter:
http://www.google.com/products?hl=en&q=usb+display+adapter&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=Dtj4SbKGM9zKjAe4sbHKDA&s...
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I asked a question a while back wanting to know can i work on two cs6 programs at the same time. Can this be done? Would it be dual monitors to one PC then could i open one project then another one at the dame time? steve

Cheers guys i will have to ask adobe as i am now mixed up. surely i must be able to use on both computers, i want to work on one project while the other is burning and then work on the project burn it then go back and do another project again on the one i was burning on.

Dual monitor recommendation for 2 floors? [SOLVED]

I'm looking for suggestions on the best way to go about setting up X so that I can toggle it between floors of my house. I currently have the computer on the main floor, hooked up to a monitor and keyboard there.
What I would like to do is also connect the computer to a TV and wireless keys in the basement (AKA play games on a giant screen ). I want to avoid making the screen span across the monitors would be typical if 2 monitors sat side-by-side, because if I accidentally toss a window on the wrong screen, i have to go to the other floor to figure out where it is and put it on the other screen. And that way any games or whatever would not be half upstairs and half downstairs.
I use the nvidia driver (so maybe if there is a way that twinview can do this...?). First floor monitor is 4:3. TV in basement is widescreen. My plan ideally would be to make a script that would call xrandr (or something like that) to toggle between floors. That way I can just press a button on the keyboard to switch location.
My thought is that since I can only be on one floor at a time, it would turn off one screen and put everything on the other screen when I toggle, rather than doing some sort of extending across 2 screens. Kinda like if you take a laptop and hook it to a docking station and it shuts off the laptop's screen and uses a bigger monitor instead of the laptop's screen. That way I can start something on the first floor, then switch and continue it in the basement.
Any thoughts on the best way to go about this? This is my first time playing with multi-monitor setups (although I'm looking more for a toggle between them that changes the resolution to match the different aspect ratio of the screens, rather than extending the monitor across 2 screens).
Oh, and to complicate things, the monitor (which is on the first floor) has bad EDID, so I had to put in some modelines and tell it to ignore the EDID - this works fine on its current single-monitor setup.
Thanks in advance!
-Bregol
Last edited by Bregol (2010-07-02 00:22:25)

OK I am now posting this using a 55-inch tv as my monitor
I did decide to go with ngoonee's twinview method rather than setting it up for independent consoles, for reasons mentioned earlier. Getting rid of "Clone" helped and my next step is to put together a quick script to toggle when i press the magic button on the keyboard.
One minor note is Conky doesn't reseat itself automatically with the screen change, so I will just kill and restart it in my toggle script.
One major note is that setting it off of "Clone" was not enough to stop the panning behavior when I first bring up X. This is what was happening:
X starts
X sees that the TV has a big resolution, so it decides to make a big virtual area to match.
X sets the metamode (as it should) to initially use the 1280x1024,NULL mode (just using the regular monitor, not the tv).
KDM starts up at 1280x1024
The screen now pans to a bunch of garbage outside of that area when i move the mouse towards the edge. This is because of that giant virtual area, even though KDM is in the smaller 1280x1024 area.
To fix this, I needed to make xrandr set the resolution before kdm starts. So I added "xrandr -s 0" to the file /usr/share/config/kdm/Xsetup
This causes X to execute xrandr prior to KDM startup. This fixes it from panning around a giant virtual area.
Thanks for all the help and suggestions - I think I have a better understanding of this now

Dual monitor connection for ATI Radeon 4350

I have HP Pavilion Elite e9300z PC with 512MB ATI Radeon HD 4350 [DVI, HDMI, VGA adaptor]... I want to connect a 2nd monitor to video card. I think my current monitor is HDMI, so for the other (DVI) is it dual-link? In other words, should I get a dual-link DVI cable or a regular DVI-D cable? Thanks.

Regular DVI-D cable shoould work, your monitor must have a DVI-D and not a DVI-I port...
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By right it should, however, to confirm the answer, it is best to >>contact MSI<<.

Is there dual monitor support for Garageband 10?

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Dual Monitor Player for Website

Hello!
We are designing our website and have before and after video samples.
On the website - we want the 2 videos to play at the same time so that clients can compare them.
I already have a Windows Media Player box on the web for a single video to play within but need to know how to accomplish 2 videos playing at the same time.
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Only Windows users can view WMV content which locks out all mobile users, tablet users and Mac users and whatever. That makes no sense. Second, nobody would want to play two discrete streams at the same time for bandwidth, performance and synchronizity considerations. ou simply combine the two videos into a single one in a video editing program.
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Any MSI card support dual monitor?

hi,
just wanna get a Geforce4 FX5600, but wonder if it supports dual monitor, or some other series support this. can I just connect one monitor using the VGA port ad 1 thru the DVI port? will that work? and split the screen as dual monitor function?
thanks for your time

nView is the keyword to look for. The card should have at least one DVI and one VGA, or two VGA or two DVI.
Go to the product info page and search for the keyword "nView".

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Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit / Lightroom 3.2
I have a dual monitors and for some reason. Lightroom decided to populate my right monitor with the preview image and/or loupe and/or grid view etc. and fill the entire screen with no options to reduce or turn it off, a very annoying arrangement. Is there any way I can turn that off? I have uses for that right monitor regardless of what the dad-gum program decides.
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Thanks for the reply. Posting a question is like losing something and then buying a replacement. One hour after the purchase, you find what you lost. In this case, less than a minute after I posted the question, I found the answer. In any case, thanks again for the fast response.
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Hello:
I wanted to do a dual monitor system for work; I have two 24" Apple Cinema Displays -- as you know they come equipped with a Mini-DVI I/O along with a mag-power, and USB 2.0 I/O. I found a Matrox DualHead2Go Digital ME [http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/dh2go/digital_me/] as a possible solution, the issue I am having is that Apple has not made a DVI-D I/O on a Cinema Display since the 30" Display many years ago. The Matrox product is new, and touts that it is Apple friendly but I cannot (for the life of me) find a cable/converter to go: Mini-DVI (female) to DVI (male) to make this work. So, does anyone know if this cable exists, and if it does, where can I get it? Or, does anyone know if someone makes a product that will allow dual monitors (NOT stretched desktop) that will go Thunderbolt/Mini-Display Port to Mini-DVI so I can get true dual monitors on my MBP so I can run it in clamshell mode on my desktop?
Just as a FYI, I am NOT interested in going to a USB solution as the refresh rate and resolution would not be good enough to warrant consideration.
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Java Dual Monitor Support

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If possible it needs to work on mac and pc but am happy to start with just pc.
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