Hello Richard, "Richard Fish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On 11/9/06, Roger Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Is there any way to have 1280x800 on the lcd and (simultaneously) 1280 >> x 1024 on the external monitor/projector? > > First, make sure you have xinerama in USE. If not, add it, and do an > "emerge --newuse world". Xinerama is the X extension that lets > applications know about multiple monitors, so that popups and font > sizes work out correctly. > > I don't have an ATI graphics chip any more, but based on a thread [1] > on the rage3d forums, I believe you'll need the following lines in > your Device section: > > Option "MerdgedFB" "true" > Option "CRT2HSync" "30.0-90.0" > Option "CRT2VRefresh" "60-100" > Option "CRT2Position" "RightOf" > Option "MetaModes" "1280x800+1280x1024" > Option "MergedXinerama" "on" > Option "MergedNonRectangular" "on" > Option "MergedXineramaCRT2IsScreen0" "false" > That now seems to be working, thanks. The only problem remaining is that objects that are equidimensional (circles etc) on the LCD are stretched vertically on the external monitor/projector. Do you know of a fix for that? Again, many thanks for you help. Roger -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
