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laptop multi-head monitor use

Post by Peter Saffr » Thu, 16 Oct 2003 23:05:01



Hi there,

I'm running a Sony Vaio and connecting it to an external monitor.
Windows XP automatically detects this and allows me to use the laptop
monitor and the external together to form a nice giant desktop. I
would like to do this under Linux as well, but don't really know where
to start. I'm running RedHat 8.0 with XFree 4.2, which I gather
supports multiple monitors, but a lot of the advice on the web seems
to focus on multiple graphics cards, which obviously I don't have. Any
suggestions?

Thanks,

Peter

 
 
 
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laptop multi-head monitor use

Post by M?ns Rullg? » Thu, 16 Oct 2003 23:33:47



> I'm running a Sony Vaio and connecting it to an external monitor.
> Windows XP automatically detects this and allows me to use the laptop
> monitor and the external together to form a nice giant desktop. I
> would like to do this under Linux as well, but don't really know where
> to start. I'm running RedHat 8.0 with XFree 4.2, which I gather
> supports multiple monitors, but a lot of the advice on the web seems
> to focus on multiple graphics cards, which obviously I don't have. Any
> suggestions?

You should be reading about the Xinerama extension.

--
M?ns Rullg?rd


 
 
 
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laptop multi-head monitor use

Post by chud » Fri, 17 Oct 2003 00:51:59



> Hi there,

> I'm running a Sony Vaio and connecting it to an external monitor.
> Windows XP automatically detects this and allows me to use the laptop
> monitor and the external together to form a nice giant desktop. I
> would like to do this under Linux as well, but don't really know where
> to start. I'm running RedHat 8.0 with XFree 4.2, which I gather
> supports multiple monitors, but a lot of the advice on the web seems
> to focus on multiple graphics cards, which obviously I don't have. Any
> suggestions?

> Thanks,

> Peter

Here's a link:
http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue82/ward.html
 
 
 
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1. Multi-head query (Multi-Monitors, Multi-Cards)

Ok,

I understand multihead support in X  to a degree and I've seen a few
resources on the net, but everything I've found assumes one of two
things:
1. You are using a dual head card (matrox G450 etc)
2. You have two identical(ish) monitors.

If I had either of those (or both) I'd be so sorted. :-)

What I want to know is, can I run two different monitors off two
different cards at two different resolutions (in theory it can be done
- in practice ...)?

I'm a web developer and it's handy to be able to view sites I produce
in "end-user" size rather than on my nice big monitor.

So ideally I'd like to have my Geforce2 hooked to my big monitor and
then some other card I have kicking around (some old matrox millenium
or mystique probably) hooked to a 14/15 inch monitor running a lower
resolution.

Whether this would be running as one large desktop or two desktops
makes no odds really.

Can anybody answer this with a definite yes or no?  

And then perhaps give me a few links/tips cos I'm buggered if I can
find anything of use (I've got to the point where I'm manually wading
through the docs at xfree86.org looking for anything useful).

Also if anyone knows if Windowmaker will play nice with multi desktops
on more than one monitor, that'd be good to.

Thanks.

 -- Nick.

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