Stuart Anderson wrote:
Ive tryed to configure xorg (see attached) but all i can
get is both monitors to display the same thing in the same resolution.
Where as i need to have both monitors showing the same display but with
diffrent resolutions. I dont know what im doing wrong to get this to work.
You might try setting using the Virtual command in the xorg.conf.
In the device section of the config file is TwinView options i
commented
out, while they work, i would rather have both displays show the same
information and with the TwinView i couldnt make the laptop the main
display. So all KDE's windows and menus were being displayed on the
external monitor.
I get the main display on the external monitor, which is what I
prefer. Usually the point of an external monitor is to stare at a
nice big correctly-positioned 21" monitor rather than the small laptop
screen. Just add an external mouse and keyboard. I set the laptop on
a stand (actually a boombox) so I can use its display as a secondary
display next to the external monitor.
As long as the extenal monitor is plugged in when X is started, then
you can (at least I can!) easily switch between the laptop-only mode
(watching mindless tv in teh family room) and the TwinView mode
(working at my desk) just by changing resolutions.
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