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Re: iBook G4 dual head



On Sat, 9 May 2009 12:47:30 +1200
Jamie Downs <jamie.downs@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you Jack, Amit and Jos__ for your quick response.
> It works!
>

No Problems.
 
> I have edited /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> It now has Virtual 2304 768 as explained below by Jos__
> 
> The command I use to enable dual head is
> xrandr --output LVDS --mode 1024x768 --output VGA-0 --mode 1280x1024
> --left-of LVDS
> 
> I'm still investigating ways to make the screen mode persistent after a
> reboot.
> It seems like I need to write a bash script.
> 

Yes, that is probably the simplest way. Depending on your desktop
environment, you could add that line to your ~/.xinitrc. Or you could
simply add an alias to it in your ~/.bashrc file and invoke it at will.

Good luck,
Amit


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