[ltp] Re: New A20p questions - sound and external monitor

[Bob Koss]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Shutko [mailto:ats@acm.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2000 11:33 PM
> To: linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
> Subject: [ltp] Re: New A20p questions - sound and external monitor
>
> > 2.  External monitors - I have a Viewsonic PT813 monitor, how do I get X
> > working with an external display?  
>
> I'm not sure that's possible with XF86 yet... it wasn't for the
> longest time under 4.0.1, and I haven't tried it under 4.0.2 yet.  I
> know the Xig driver will do this (and let you dual-head over LCD and
> external monitor).


Let me be sure that I understand this, because I've been wanting to do this
in Linux for a long time.
Are you saying that with the Xig driver on my 770Z, I can plug in an
external monitor and *extend* my KDE desktop over both the external monitor
and the LCD of the laptop? If you can confirm this, I'm off to buy the
driver!

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