Going CRT to LCD

You can turn one or both monitors in portrait mode.

Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and put these lines in the Section "Device" section:

# Use LeftOf for landscape orientation
# Option "TwinViewOrientation" "LeftOf"
# Use Below for portrait orientation
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Below"

In KDE Control Center > Peripherals > Display, set "Orientation" to Left (90 Degrees). You can also accomplish this with the nvidia-settings program that is part of the driver install package.
Restart X
Physically rotate both monitors to portrait mode. Watch out for the cables while you do this.

Is square better for you? Many LCDs can rotate, I think they are a bit more then normal however. Two 19" LCDs that can rotate are cheaper then a 30". The problem you'll have with the 30" is thats a lot of pixels. Normal resolution for a 17" CRT is 1024x768. (you might be running 1280x1024.) This means for both monitors, your only pushing either 1,572,864 or 2,621,440 pixels. A single 30" monitor runs at 2560x1600, which is 4,096,000. This is much bigger then your CRTs and possibly more then your video card can handle. Unless you need the square shape, just get to 19" monitors, as its roughly the same pixel numbers that your running now. (1440x900x2 = 2,592,000) Yes they are wide screen, but is that bad?

Sort of. But is wide bad? You could always stack them if you wanted. You don't have to put them side by side, its just easier that way. I/we don't know what you're doing, but I don't understand why wide is bad.

Well wide is relative, not bad.

But 90 cm will I think be too much. Stacking them won't work for me.

What do I do? Good question.

I do web development so I have email or code in one monitor and a browser in the other usually. I don't play games or do much graphics work--I am a programmer.

I'm now guessing that two sideways 19" might be nice. I suppose it's hard to say until it's sitting on my desk but I wanted to hear what people would advise me. Before I invest in the hardware.

Thanks.

Hey evongugg, rotation does work in X. The actual code that works for me is:

Option "RandRRotation" "true"
Option "Rotate" "left

I use nvidia and Xfce. Anyhow it's hysterical to see it with my monitors as they are, but it's great and it works!

> Why won't stacking work?

Well if the first one is 34 cm tall then the second one goes from around 34 cm until 66. I can't imagine being able to use screenspace that's 60 centimeters up from my desktop.

> The only problem with widescreen and coding is you'll have to scroll a bit more. You won't have to if you put them in portrait mode. I've used two monitors before, its great

Have you (or anyone else) every used portrait mode with a 19" ? Or two of them?

Thanks everyone.

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