[Solved] Dual Monitors with LM 17 Mate

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[Solved] Dual Monitors with LM 17 Mate

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I´ve installed Linux Mint 17 Mate 32 bit dual booted with Windows 7 which has dual monitors.
What do I need to do to achieve dual monitors operation with Linux Mint 17?
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Re: Dual Monitors with LM 17 Mate

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jbh911 wrote:I´ve installed Linux Mint 17 Mate 32 bit dual booted with Windows 7 which has dual monitors.
What do I need to do to achieve dual monitors operation with Linux Mint 17?
:D
i use mate and cinnamon desktop but only linux and i use dual monitors on cinnamon and triple on mate and its works alot faster on linux and better than on windows i tell you that.
active your monitors in the screen options , but if you install all monitos have the same screen on the install , but after install must you setup your monitors and your drivers , but there is a option that mint know what driver you better use , but i can say it in english i use dutch.

but mint mate and cinnamon works just great with dual or triple monitors for me;;; :D
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Thank you very much mach50, much appreciated. Hey, your English is streets ahead of my Dutch!

Cheers jbh911 from Sunny Gippsland, Victoria, Australia

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Re: [Solved] Dual Monitors with LM 17 Mate

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jbh911 wrote:I´ve installed Linux Mint 17 Mate 32 bit dual booted with Windows 7 which has dual monitors.
What do I need to do to achieve dual monitors operation with Linux Mint 17?
:D
From the Mate menu: Preferences, Monitors
From the terminal Window: mate-display-properties

This will bring up a GUI application where you can arrange your monitor, set their resolution, etc.
The one thing that seems to be missing is a method to designate the "default" monitor for application to launch in.
In my case the applications seem to have a preference for the monitor off to my left.
Then I have to drag the window to the one in front of me.
A bit of an irritation but I can live with it.
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