Re: X/console multi-head
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Date: 07/12/04
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Date: 12 Jul 2004 13:41:07 GMT
On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 19:12:29 -0700, Mark G. Saye staggered into the
Black Sun and said:
> 1) X running on an external monitor with a console on the laptop
> screen?
> 2) X running on an external monitor with the same X desktop on the
> laptop screen? (isn't this a standard Xinerama setup?)
> 3) X running on an external monitor with a different X desktop on the
> laptop screen?
All depends on your graphics card.
> I'm getting a HP zt3000 laptop with (1920x1200) screen, ATI Radeon
> 9200 64Mb graphics card, and HP L2335 (1920x1200) monitor.
Sounds like any of the setups you mentioned would probably work with
this machine, provided the VGA-out port on the laptop can handle the
sync ranges necessary for such high resolutions. The VGA-out on my
Thinkpad A22p (1600x1200 LCD) can only handle 1280x1024. Radeon cards
can do dual-head, so you'll just have to figure out which setup works
best for you. "man radeon" so you know what options are available, and
if you plan to watch movies on the CRT, pay close attention to the
"OverlayOnCRTC2" option.
> I'd like to use the laptop screen as a console, if possible.
*WHY*? The screen size you mentioned is not a standard VESA size, so
forget running a framebuffer console. Its weird aspect ration will make
the normal VGA modes look totally bogus. And text-only consoles suck
when there are alternatives. Run blackbox and use xterms if you're
worried about resource consumption.
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