Hi, I will answer my question myself (at least partially)... :)
On Wednesday 25 September 2002 13:00, Sebastian Kanthak wrote: > thanks for your quick respose, Craig. I've set things up, the way you > described, but unfortunately, it did not work. What does work is that X > seems to run in xinerama mode with two screens: I only see half of this > screen on my external monitor, but my laptop's LCD display stays black. I > can move windows and the mouse out of my crt, but they don't appear on the > LCD. Of course, I've tried to cycle through the different modes, with the > special "display key combination" of my ThinkPad, but I only get working > one of my screens, or both of them showing exactly the same. :( > > The logs show, that X sets up two devices and even detects both screens. It > even gets the manufacture names of the crt and the LCD. But it seems to > "forget" to activate the LCD? Does anybody have an idea, how to solve this? > I've the feeling, that I'm very close... It works perfectly, if I don't attach the CRT to the laptop at boot time. It seems the BIOS is doing something nasty. This is somewhat uncomfortable, because I have to plug-out/plug-in the cable often (even during reboot!), so I would be glad, if someone knew a better solution. ciao Sebastian -- Sebastian Kanthak | [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
