Re: using external VGA as separate display
I imagine that you can set up an additional X display. I have not done
this, nor have I ever used a laptop.
Here are two non-debian links to get you started.
http://www.realtimesoft.com/multimon/linux/mandrake7/
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=5958
Hope this helps!
~Michael
On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 11:20:32PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote:
> hi,
>
> WinXP of all things allows you to control a laptop's external VGA
> connector as a separate display, totally independent of the internal
> LCD. Can this be done in XF86 (4.2.1 here, thanks Branden + XFTF!)?
>
> The reason I ask is because I have an LCD that does 1400x1050 and any
> lower resolution is just too fuzzy. And I also have an external
> monitor that can do 1280x1024, but not 1400x1050. I prefer to work
> with the external monitor as it's bigger and better in terms of
> ergonomical placement. But I don't feel like restarting X to set a new
> resolution every time I connect to the external monitor.
> Alt-Ctrl-Numlock+ and Alt-Ctrl-Numlock- don't work (they produce crazy
> patterns on the screen for all resolutions but the one I started out
> with. Maybe that's a framebuffer issue.
>
> It would rock if I could use the external VGA separately from the
> internal one (it's a Radeon Mobility M6 LY driving this baby) because
> then I could have a dual-headed setup, which would be incredible!
>
> Any hints appreciated!
>
> --
> martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.)
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>
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> used higher level language for systems programming."
> -- j. sammet
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