Re: External monitor can only "copy" laptop's built-in

2010-05-21 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Friday 21 May 2010 11:13:10 Dotan Cohen wrote: > On 21 May 2010 19:42, Aviram Jenik 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 swit

Re: External monitor can only "copy" laptop's built-in

2010-05-21 Thread Dotan Cohen
2010/5/21 Daniel Daboul : > On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: >> >> On 21 May 2010 18:10, Omer Zak wrote: >> > If you haven't done so, you need also to define a virtual screen size >> > which is big enough to include both physical displays. >> [...] >> >> ✈dcl:~$ xrandr --fb 168

Re: External monitor can only "copy" laptop's built-in

2010-05-21 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 21 May 2010 19:42, Aviram Jenik 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

Re: External monitor can only "copy" laptop's built-in

2010-05-21 Thread Aviram Jenik
I've had some success configuring xorg.conf or using the system settings configuration for the dual display. But that sometimes works, sometimes doesn't, and hard to know why (not to mention a reboot changes things back again) and very hard to give a 'recipe'. It seems to be very version-depend

Re: External monitor can only "copy" laptop's built-in

2010-05-21 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 21 May 2010 19:34, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: > Which graphics chip do you have? > If you have either nVidia or ATI, both have graphics utilities (and command > line utilities) that are bundled with the drivers to setup dual/triple/quad > monitor setup. > Hetz > It's an ATI MobileRadien x1400, but I

Re: External monitor can only "copy" laptop's built-in

2010-05-21 Thread Daniel Daboul
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: > On 21 May 2010 18:10, Omer Zak wrote: > > If you haven't done so, you need also to define a virtual screen size > > which is big enough to include both physical displays. > [...] > > ✈dcl:~$ xrandr --fb 1680x2100 > xrandr: screen cannot be la

Re: External monitor can only "copy" laptop's built-in

2010-05-21 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
Which graphics chip do you have? If you have either nVidia or ATI, both have graphics utilities (and command line utilities) that are bundled with the drivers to setup dual/triple/quad monitor setup. Hetz 2010/5/21 Dotan Cohen > On 21 May 2010 18:10, Omer Zak wrote: > > If you haven't done so

Re: External monitor can only "copy" laptop's built-in

2010-05-21 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 21 May 2010 18:10, Omer Zak wrote: > If you haven't done so, you need also to define a virtual screen size > which is big enough to include both physical displays. > You may want to have a look in man 1 xrandr. > > --- Omer > Thank you Omer, there was no indication in the KDE dialogue that was

Re: External monitor can only "copy" laptop's built-in

2010-05-21 Thread Omer Zak
If you haven't done so, you need also to define a virtual screen size which is big enough to include both physical displays. You may want to have a look in man 1 xrandr. --- Omer On Fri, 2010-05-21 at 17:55 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: > I have a Dell Inspiron 6400 / 1505E with 1680x1050 built-in L

External monitor can only "copy" laptop's built-in

2010-05-21 Thread Dotan Cohen
I have a Dell Inspiron 6400 / 1505E with 1680x1050 built-in LVDS and external VGA connected to a 1680x1050 LCD monitor. I can get the external monitor to mirror the regular display, but I cannot put them side-by-side with the KDE System Settings tool. The KDE System Settings tool sees the external