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Re: [LUG] Complete Newbie Question

 

Don't take this as gospel but I didn't think Ubuntu could do desktop spanning like Windoze could but if you have the screen terminal multiplexor you could have multiple desktops ?

I'm not a KDE user , I use GNOME but Ubuntu 7.10 always auto-mounts Windows drives for me and I haven't even set up Samba




On Nov 30, 2007 9:42 PM, Dave <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,
 
I wonder whether anyone can help with a couple of questions...
 
I am currently switching from Windows to Ubuntu 7.10 using KDE Desktop - The system is installed fine and working (with my wireless USB Adapter as well which well impressed me considering all the scare stories I'd heard) but my first problem is I am having trouble bringing over my mail.
 
I am sharing one disk between Windows and Ubuntu but when I go into Konquerer I can't seem to see my Windows Drive (SDA if memory serves me right?). I can map to Remote Drives etc via SAMBA but thought that local drives would be visible straight from the File Manager?
 
Do I have to Mount the drive before I see it (to be honest I thought KDE would have done this automatically, my CD-Drives etc all seem to be mounted) and if so is it something I can do with the GUI or do I have to get down and dirty in Terminal?
 
My second query is a little more esoteric - I have three screens attached via three graphics cards but can't seem to get the two secondary monitors working (they all work fine under Windows). I have checked the Hardware and all three cards are registered and when I go into Screen Management it seems to suggest that the three monitors can be configured (unless I am getting confused with multiple Desktops, I get three Screen 1's) but when I try and set one of the others to the Monitor and Resolution the system won't let me - Could this be a driver issue or is there something I need to do in the Video Config files (sorry can't remember the name XCONF is it?).
 
Thanks in advance for any help you can give.
 
Regards,
Dave (An absolute Linux newbie)

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