On 4 Mar 2002, Hassan Aurag wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a laptop. Under Windows, I can when having the laptop on "port
> replicator"/"docking station" enable LCD/CRT and "extend" my desktop to
> use both screens.
>
> After looking for a while, I thought this might be called "xinerama" on
> Linux. Anyway, under Linux I can, using Fn+F5 key, enable both screens,
> but they are copies of each other (happens under windows too if extended
> desktop not enabled).
>
> No my question is: is it possible to extend my desktop to use both
> screens and how?
You might want xinerama if you can do this, but it only helps once
you have two different screens; see other posts today for more about
xinerama.
Can you get two different screens ? Depends on your graphics card.
As root, try running
X -configure
If the resulting config (/root/XF86Config.new) file mentions dual
head and shows a layout with more than one screen, you are in luck.
--
Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge
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