Thanks, i used the xrandr approach and it worked like a charm! <3 :) On Friday, July 14, 2017 at 2:31:54 PM UTC+2, Noor Christensen wrote: > On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 04:07:15AM -0700, zioasterb...@gmail.com wrote: > > Yes, by "separating them" i mean to extend the desktop to two screens, > > since now I see them mirrored (i.e. the eternal one is a copy of the > > laptop's display) > > You can use xrandr to set up the different display outputs. > > For example, the following command defines my external display (VGA1) as > being positioned to the right of my internal display (LVDS1): > > $ xrandr --output VGA1 --right-of LVDS1 --preferred > > To get the names of your display outputs, run xrandr without flags: > > $ xrandr > > It's a bit unclear whether or not you are using XFCE or i3wm as your > window manager, but the xrandr method should be effective in either > case. > > Another solution is to set up your xorg.conf properly, so your desired > display outputs are configured when X starts, before any window manager > is run. > > Here is an example config for a Thinkpad X220: > > Section "Device" > # Specify the device we are configuring > Identifier "Intel HD 3000" > Driver "intel" > BusID "PCI:0:2:0" # Video card PCI address > > # Give friendly names to the display outputs > Option "Monitor-LVDS1" "LCD" > Option "Monitor-VGA1" "VGA" > EndSection > > # Internal monitor (LVDS1) > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "LCD" > Option "Enable" "true" > Option "PreferredMode" "1366x768" > EndSection > > # External monitor (VGA1) > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "VGA" > Option "Enable" "true" > Option "PreferredMode" "1680x1050" # Acer AL2216W > Option "RightOf" "LCD" > EndSection > > This config has the same effect as the xrandr example shown before - > external display output VGA1 positioned to the right of LVDS1. > > You can put the file in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d and it will be read by X on > next start. > > Use the "Enable" option to specify whether you want it to activate on X > start, or manually (via xrandr). See the documentation for X.org and the > graphics driver you are using for more options. > > NOTE: You probably have to replace some/all values to fit your specific > scenario. Obviously the "Device" section (first paragraph) of the > xorg.conf in particular, but also the xrandr parameters. > > -- noor > > |_|O|_| > |_|_|O| Noor Christensen > |O|O|O| n...@fripost.org ~ 0x401DA1E0
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