What is displayed on the lcd is also displayed on the video out port. The video out
on laptops is designed for a projector or external monitor, so will display the same
as what's on the screen. There's only one video card in laptops.
xinerama:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Xinerama-HOWTO.html
On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 07:47:57PM -0700, Timothy L. Bolz wrote:
> Has anyone got Dual monitors going? I'd like to try it sometime and had
> some questions.
>
> Can you use two different supported cards and monitors?
>
> How would you configure both?
>
> Can You have X windows open in one and a shell in another?
>
> How many monitors would XFree 4 support?
>
> If someone has more that 2 going maybe this would be a good demonstration
> at the Linux Demo day. I know MetroX supports up to 16 monitors. I
> believe 4 without contacting them.
>
> Ok this is for Cory and others who use laptops.
> Could you plug a monitor into your laptop and have a different screen than
> what on the laptop? I guess it would be like dual monitors. If it can be
> different can windows do this? I don't know that much about laptops just
> that you can plug a monitor, keyboard and mouse and use it like a desktop.
> ~
> Tim
