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Hi, I have a second pc which I dont use as much since I know have linux as my primary os and wanted to know how to make a dual monitor system (2 monitors will act as if they were a sole monitor with one wide view). I'm using XFree 3.3.6, the first vid card is an S3 Trio 32/64 with 2mb and the 2nd is Cirrus Logic 5664 with 1mb. Please help me out people.

Edit your /etc/X11/XF86-config file
note- these instuctions are for X 4.x, so I'm not sure if everything will be the same. I don't even know if your version has Xinerama. Hopefully it helps.
you need Xierama to start, so make sure you have
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "Xinerama" "yes"
EndSection(there may be other things in the serverflags section)
You will need a device entry for both video cards, so copy the first one and change the driver and identifier.
You will then need to enter bus addresses so X knows which card to set up with which driver. Run /sbin/lspci to find the addresses. Here's a sample BusID entry:
BusID "PCI:0:10:0"
Now you need to set up another screen. Copy the screen section and change the video card name and screen name.
Now, in the serverlayout section, you need to replace the single screen with something like this (use your screen names, of course):
Screen "Screen1"
Screen "Screen0" Leftof "Screen1"

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