[ale] dual-headed X11 via a laptop?
Chris Farris
chrisf at primeharbor.com
Thu Aug 28 09:11:07 EDT 2003
XF86Config file from my i8100 is attached. Enjoy.
More may be at: http://www.room17.com/hacks/dell8100.shtml
Chris
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 13:32, John Wells wrote:
> I have a Dell Inspiron i8200 with a Geforce 4 32 mb video card.
>
> Seems I've read in the past that it was possible to configure laptops as
> dual-headed displays (i.e., an attached monitor and the laptop screen
> serving as two separate desktops), as opposed to simply having the laptop
> screen duplicated on the connected monitor.
>
> Is this truly possible, or am I mistaken? Anyone doing/done it?
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
>
>
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# /.../
# SaX generated XFree86 config file
# Created on: 2002-07-21.
#
# Version: 4.3
# Contact: Marcus Schaefer <sax at suse.de>, 2001
#
# Files were AutoGenerated by SAX2
Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/URW"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/japanese:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/kwintv:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/uni:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/xtest"
ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
EndSection
# Generated by SAX2
Section "Module"
Load "freetype"
Load "speedo"
Load "type1"
Load "extmod"
Load "dbe"
Load "glx"
EndSection
# Generated by SAX2
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"
EndSection
# Generated by SAX2
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "Keyboard"
Identifier "Keyboard[0]"
Option "MapName" "Generic keyboard [ pc101 ]"
Option "Protocol" "Standard"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XkbModel" "pc101"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
EndSection
# Generated by SAX2
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "mouse"
Identifier "Mouse[1]"
Option "ButtonNumber" "5"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "Name" "Autodetection"
Option "Protocol" "imps/2"
Option "Vendor" "Sysp"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
# Generated by SAX2 for the Insprion Internal Display
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "DELL UXGA"
DisplaySize 340 270
HorizSync 24-93.8
ModelName "1600X1200 at 75HZ"
VendorName "--> VESA"
VertRefresh 50-75
UseModes "Modes[1]"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
# Generated by SAX2 on my home LCD
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Samsung"
DisplaySize 340 270
HorizSync 31-64
ModelName "1280X1024 at 60HZ"
Option "DPMS"
VendorName "--> VESA"
VertRefresh 50-60
UseModes "Modes[0]"
EndSection
# Modes generated for the Samsung Monitor
Section "Modes"
Identifier "Modes[0]"
Modeline "800x600" 48.00 800 832 928 1024 600 604 608 624 -HSync -VSync
Modeline "640x480" 25.20 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525
Modeline "832x624" 25.20 832 656 752 800 624 490 492 525
Modeline "800x600" 25.20 800 656 752 800 600 490 492 525
Modeline "1024x768" 65.00 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806
Modeline "1280x1024" 108.00 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066
EndSection
#Section "Device"
# BoardName "GeForce2 Go"
# BusID "1:0:0"
# Driver "nvidia"
# Identifier "Device[0]"
# Option "FlatPanel"
# #Option "CrtcNumber" "0"
# #Option "NvAGP" "0" # disable agp
# #Option "NvAGP" "1" # use nvidia agp
# #Option "NvAGP" "2" # use agpgart
# #Option "NvAGP" "3" # try 2 than 1
# VendorName "NVidia"
#EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "nVidia GeForce TwinView"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "nVidia"
BoardName "nVidia Ge Force Go 2"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
### Available Driver options are:
Option "UseEdidFreqs" "yes"
Option "NvAGP" "0"
# Option "NvAGP" "3"
Option "TwinView"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT,DFP" # Digital Flat Panel
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "LeftOf" # or LeftOf or Clone
# -------- set these syncs for YOUR crt --------
# On a Laptop this would be the Internal Display
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "24-93.8"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "50-75"
# MetaModes
# <head 0 res>,<head 1 res>; next
# Remember on the laptop the internal display is head 1
# Laptop only Laptop and 1280x1024 display
Option "MetaModes" "1280x1024,1280x1024; NULL, 1600x1200; 1280x1024 @1280x1200 ,1600x1200; "
#"NULL, 1600x1200; 1280x1024 @1280x1200 ,1600x1200; "
EndSection
Section "Screen"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "1024x768"
EndSubSection
Device "nVidia GeForce TwinView"
Identifier "Screen[0]"
Monitor "Samsung"
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout[all]"
InputDevice "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
Screen "Screen[0]"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Group "video"
Mode 0666
EndSection
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