On Mar 25, 2013, at 12:35 PM, David Landry <dlan...@byu.net> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 12:30 PM, Nathan England <nat...@nmecs.com> wrote: > >> My Google-foo is not strong today. I appreciate your help. I want to use >> the laptop display on my laptop as part of my primary workstation >> display. I currently have two screens on my workstation and a laptop >> that sits on my desk. I want to figure out a way to extend my desktop of >> two screens to incorporate the laptop screen... >> >> This has to be possible, correct? > > You have a desktop with two screens and want to add your laptop as a third > screen? I haven't done that before, but I have used Synergy[0] to control a > laptop using my desktop's mouse and keyboard. It works almost like having a > third screen, except you can't move applications between machines. > > [0] http://synergy-foss.org/
I have seen/heard of this type of setup using VNC before. See for example: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1327186 On your workstation you would modify your X setup to extend the virtual display, and run a VNC server to display the extended portion. On your laptop you would run a VNC client fullscreen (and probably want to turn off power-saving features). I have no specific recommendations beyond that. For your Google-foo, the search I did to find the link above was "vnc extra monitor". JN /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
