From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 8 15:14:03 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0837116A4B3 for ; Wed, 8 Oct 2003 15:14:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from natsmtp01.rzone.de (natsmtp01.rzone.de [81.169.145.166]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D71C843FCB for ; Wed, 8 Oct 2003 15:14:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from me@benedikt-stockebrand.de) Received: from benedikt-stockebrand.de (p50891255.dip.t-dialin.net [80.137.18.85]) by post.webmailer.de (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id h98MDqFu015352; Thu, 9 Oct 2003 00:13:52 +0200 (MEST) Received: from anvil.devnull.benedikt-stockebrand.de ([192.168.47.13]) by benedikt-stockebrand.de with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 1A7MZ5-0000Hn-00; Thu, 09 Oct 2003 00:13:51 +0200 To: rodperson@comcast.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit References: <200310062136.27553.rodperson@comcast.net> From: Benedikt Stockebrand Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2003 00:14:01 +0200 In-Reply-To: <200310062136.27553.rodperson@comcast.net> (Rod Person's message of "Mon, 6 Oct 2003 21:36:18 -0400") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) XEmacs/21.4 (Reasonable Discussion, berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Setting Up Dual Head Video X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2003 22:14:03 -0000 Hi Rod, Rod Person writes: > I have a IBM ThinkPad R40 with an ATI mobilty Radeon. > I have an 17" Compaq V700 monitor external monitor. What I would like to do is > set up XFree86 with a resolution of 1280x1024 on the external monitor and > 1024x768 on the laptops LCD screen. Presently, if I boot with the montor on > and connected the laptop will get a virtual resolution of 1280x1024. I am not quite sure I understand what you want. If the external monitor runs at 1280x1024 then what is the LCD to display if it can only do 1024x768? If you want them to display different parts of your desktop take a look at xinerama. They do advise against screen layouts that aren't rectangular, though. Cheers, Ben -- Dipl. Inform. Tel.: +49 (0) 6151 - 971 823 Benedikt Stockebrand Mobil: +49 (0) 177 - 41 73 985 Am Karlshof 1a Mail: me@benedikt-stockebrand.de D-64287 Darmstadt WWW: http://www.benedikt-stockebrand.de