My laptop is broken, so I can't use it normally - I cannot use it in the normal opened position. I have connected it to a LCD monitor through a VGA cable (DE-15 connector - this thing - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Male_VGA_connector.jpg ) . The laptop is kept closed.
I am using Arch Linux, with all of the latest packages. I use KDM as a display manager, and the KDE desktop environment. When I start up the laptop and it goes through the whole bootup process, it finally lands up at the KDM login screen. This is shown only on the laptop's LCD panel (LVDS output). In KDE, I was able to use the Display settings widget to have KDE display only on the external monitor. So, once I log in with my password, KDE correctly displays on the external monitor and all is good. However, the KDM login screen is only shown on the laptop screen (which I cannot see). I want KDM login screen to show up on the external monitor as well. Also, it would be nice to have this work regardless pf which login/display manager and desktop environment I use. So, I want to configure X so that the picture is always shown on the external monitor. Does anyone know how I can do this? I have tried searching online for instructions about xorg.conf configuration files, but I cannot find anything recent or relevant. Most instructions are confusing and unclear. Thanks, Sandeep
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