It is rumored that on Thu, 18 Sep 2003 17:18:09 -0500 Andrew Gaffney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I just installed a 2nd video card in my box and hooked up a 2nd monitor. > Now, what cool things can I do? :) I was thinking about using the 2nd > monitor to extend my X desktop, but I don't know if that will work. My > primary is a nice 17" that I run at 1024x768. The 2nd one is a wimpy 15" > that can do 1024x768 but looks much better at 800x600. Can you mix and > match resolutions like that? > Yes you can, and I do that exactly. To make sure there are no dead spaces, I used a Virtual line in XFConfig to make X think the monitor is bigger (and the same size as my bigger monitor) that it is. You can pan around the extra space by moving to the edge of the monitor. Take a look at my XFConfig attached, particularly the server layout section and the screens sections. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)
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