From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 9 03:58:40 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 C31DC16A4B3 for ; Thu, 9 Oct 2003 03:58:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from harmony.village.org (rover.bsdimp.com [204.144.255.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0F1043FE1 for ; Thu, 9 Oct 2003 03:58:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from localhost (warner@rover2.village.org [10.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.12.9p1/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h99AwYAD077278; Thu, 9 Oct 2003 04:58:34 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2003 04:58:36 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <20031009.045836.53065705.imp@bsdimp.com> To: me@benedikt-stockebrand.de From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: References: <200310062136.27553.rodperson@comcast.net> X-Mailer: Mew version 2.2 on Emacs 21.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: rodperson@comcast.net 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: Thu, 09 Oct 2003 10:58:40 -0000 In message: Benedikt Stockebrand writes: : 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? In the laptops I've had in the past, the lcd panel will pan around the 1280x1024 area exposing only 1024x768. Warner