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Date:      Thu, 9 Oct 2003 07:07:17 -0400
From:      Rod Person <rodperson@comcast.net>
To:        "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>, me@benedikt-stockebrand.de
Cc:        mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Setting Up Dual Head Video
Message-ID:  <200310090707.20029.rodperson@comcast.net>
In-Reply-To: <20031009.045836.53065705.imp@bsdimp.com>
References:  <200310062136.27553.rodperson@comcast.net> <kkfismz8jiu.fsf@anvil.devnull.benedikt-stockebrand.de> <20031009.045836.53065705.imp@bsdimp.com>

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On Thursday 09 October 2003 06:58 am, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> In message: <kkfismz8jiu.fsf@anvil.devnull.benedikt-stockebrand.de>
>
>             Benedikt Stockebrand <me@benedikt-stockebrand.de> writes:
> : Hi Rod,
> :
> : Rod Person <rodperson@comcast.net> 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.
>

Exactly, this is what I am trying to avoid.

If this was M$ windows(AHHH), then I could have the external monitor at=20
1280x1024 and the LCD would stay at 1024x768 without the panning. This is=20
what I'm shooting for.


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Rod

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