I imagine that you can set up an additional X display. I have not done this, nor have I ever used a laptop.
Here are two non-debian links to get you started. http://www.realtimesoft.com/multimon/linux/mandrake7/ http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=5958 Hope this helps! ~Michael On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 11:20:32PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > hi, > > WinXP of all things allows you to control a laptop's external VGA > connector as a separate display, totally independent of the internal > LCD. Can this be done in XF86 (4.2.1 here, thanks Branden + XFTF!)? > > The reason I ask is because I have an LCD that does 1400x1050 and any > lower resolution is just too fuzzy. And I also have an external > monitor that can do 1280x1024, but not 1400x1050. I prefer to work > with the external monitor as it's bigger and better in terms of > ergonomical placement. But I don't feel like restarting X to set a new > resolution every time I connect to the external monitor. > Alt-Ctrl-Numlock+ and Alt-Ctrl-Numlock- don't work (they produce crazy > patterns on the screen for all resolutions but the one I started out > with. Maybe that's a framebuffer issue. > > It would rock if I could use the external VGA separately from the > internal one (it's a Radeon Mobility M6 LY driving this baby) because > then I could have a dual-headed setup, which would be incredible! > > Any hints appreciated! > > -- > martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) > \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; net@madduck > > "it appears that pl/i (and its dialects) is, or will be, the most widely > used higher level language for systems programming." > -- j. sammet -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
