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Re: External monitor on iBook rev 2.2



On Sun, Jul 04, 2004 at 08:07:19PM +0200, Cedric Pradalier wrote:
>You'll find data file and example on :
>http://mockenhaupt.homelinux.org/ibookWiki/Configuration
>
>I'll try to do a short summary:
>With default X server, you can manage this with a two headed
>setup, either in xinerama or in two display mode. In both case, with
>use fbdev, the behavior of the external output is undefined. So the idea
>is to defined two cards, one with fbdev and one without. If you want to
>clone your display, you will need to ask xinerama to superpose two
>display. In any case, you will loose DRI on both heads.

This looks very interesting.  Can it, with the RANDR extension, be
switched between single-head with DRI and dual-head without at runtime?
Does the dual-head work with the Powerbook G3?  (I'd go ahead and try
it, but at the moment I'm waiting for a replacement hard drive to come
in.)

-- 
Brian



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