The Agony, the Ectasy, the Dual Monitors


<p>That <em>finally</em> got things working the way I want them.  </p>
<p>What are our lessons for today, class?</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the big one: I will never again install an nVidia card unless forced at gunpoint, and if that happens I will find a way to make my assailant <em>eat the fucking gun</em> afterwards.  I had lots better uses for 3.5 days than tearing my hair out over this.</p>
<p>When your instincts tell you not to trust closed source, <em>pay attention</em>.  Even if it means you don&#8217;t get instant gratification.</p>
<p>While X is 10,000% percent more autoconfiguring than it used to be, it still has embarrassing gaps.  The requirement that I manually adjust the virtual-screen size was <em>stupid</em>.</p>
<p>UPDATE: My friend Paula Matuszek rightly comments: &#8220;You missed a lesson: When you have a problem in a complex system, the <em>first</em> thing to do is check each component individually, in isolation from as much else as possible. Yes, even if they were working before.&#8221;</p>
<p>Now I must get back to doing real work.</p>
