On 21 May 2010 19:42, Aviram Jenik <avi...@jenik.com> wrote: > Things to note: change the resolution/refresh rate of each screen to their > maximum (start with xrandr -q to see where you stand, and then > xrandr --output LVDS --mode YYYxZZZ). It also has switches to put one screen > on the right or left of the other, and it all happens immediately. Of course, > as Omer mentioned, make sure the virtual display settings are big enough for > (1680+1680)x1050. >
This seems to be my problem: setting the virtual display size: ✈dcl:~$ xrandr --fb 3360x1050 xrandr: screen cannot be larger than 1680x1680 (desired size 3360x1050) ✈dcl:~$ xrandr --fb 1680x2100 xrandr: screen cannot be larger than 1680x1680 (desired size 1680x2100) Might the problem be that I need to create another "virtual" display as opposed to setting the current display? I don't see how to do that, in fact from the examples in the xrandr manpage it doesn't look necessary. > Also check out the 'addmode' switches that allow you to set a very specific > configuration (refresh rate, etc) on each of the monitors to really make sure > you are taking advantage of it. > > The downside of xrandr is that you have to manually do it., and you lose the > wonderful auto-detect features of xorg. Then again you can map it to a > hot-key and make it work with a single click of a button. > I have no problem with doing it manually, actually, I'd prefer that. Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
