On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 06:41:34PM +0900, Doug Lerner wrote: > (2) Do Linux and most Intel-based notebook computers support > multiple (external) monitors, either as a second monitor or as a > mirrored monitor? I often give presentations and need to connect my > notebook computer to a display projector. This is trivially easy > with my Mac, and I was just wondering if it would be as easy with > Linux?
My old Sony notebook has an external monitor output connector, and it works fine under Red Hat Linux with no configuration required--except for a reboot to notice there is a monitor plugged in. (If there were BIOS support I think this would not be necessary, but Sony doesn't give out those technical details.) As for second monitors, there is something in XFree86 called "Xinerama" (I think is the spelling) that lets one build a big desktop out of two (or more monitors). I haven't played with it, but it looks like a farily simple config file edit is all it takes to light up a dual-monitor card. (No, not as easy as the Mac to configure.) I think I have read that getting differing video cards to work is not so easy. -kb, the Kent who would have to do some searching to find out how to configure Xinerama. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
