Re: External Monitor and LCD

[John Baab <john dot baab at gmail dot com>]

Xinerama doesn't work in the fglrx world. What you want to do is run the
fglrx-config and choose big desktop, and then specify the resolutions that
you want. The questions are pretty self explanitory. Good luck.

-John

On 10/17/05, Elias Gerber <egerber at gmx dot net> wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I would like to use my external Monitor (a Sony G400) and also the LCD of
> my
> Laptop. I would like to run the LCD of my Laptop at a resolution of
> 1400x1050
> and the external Monitor at a resolution of 1280x1024. The external
> Monitor
> should be placed LeftOf the LCD (for example so that i can have kmail open
> in
> one monitor and browse the net using firefox in the other one).
>
> I am currently using xfree86 4.3 and fglrx 8.16.20 with Kernel 2.6.11.9<http://2.6.11.9>on an
> IBM Thinkpad T40p. The card I have is a Radeon Mobility 9000, the system
> is a
> Debian Sarge.
>
> I tried doing so using the Option "Xinerama" in the xfree86-config file,
> but
> this seems to have no effect. I used:
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
> Identifier "Default Layout"
> Screen "LCD"
> Screen "EXTERNAL"
> Screen "EXTERNAL" LeftOf "LCD"
> Option "Xinerama"
> InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
> InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
> EndSection
>
> But still my external monitor just shows me a clone of what is on the LCD,
> at
> a virtual resolution of 1400x1050.
>
> Isn't it somehow possible to run an external monitor at a different
> resolution
> than the one used with the LCD?
> If anyone could give me a hint, or maybe has a working setup of this and
> could
> send me a config-file I'dd be glad.
>
> Thanks already in advance
>
> Elias Gerber
>
> --
> Elias Gerber, egerber at gmx dot net
> CH - Bern