[ltp] T30 Multihead display?

[D. Sen]

How would you change the configuration to have the same display on both 
the CRT and the LCD (at 1400x1050)?

Gregor Rojec-Goldmann wrote:
> See my configuration file at:
> http://user.cs.tu-berlin.de/~gregorrg/t30/XF86Config-4.xin
> 
> I use a Belinea 1280x1024 TFT as a second display. Adapt the "Default 
> Screen 1" and "Generic Monitor 1" sections to your external display.
> 
> The radeon driver from the 4.2 X is buggy and I had to start X with 
> disconnected external display and connect it when X was up. 4.3 version 
> of XFree86 works fine.
> 
> Gregor
> 
> Atul Chitnis wrote:
> 
>> Some time back there was a discussion about using Xinerama extensions 
>> under XFree86 on the T30. From what I understood, it is possible to 
>> address the internal display and the external display port (connected 
>> to a monitor or projector) independently.
>>
>> I have been trying to figure this out, but that wall I keep running 
>> into appears to be made of stronger stuff than my forehead :-(
>>
>> My actual intention is to be able to plug a projector into teh 
>> external display port and then show slides or other applications, 
>> while seeing something else on my LCD display.
>> I understand that this is possible if you run two X servers, one 
>> pointing at the local LCD, one at teh external port, but the ATI 
>> Radeon 7500 in this machine seems to have a single PCI ID, so am 
>> unsure how to proceed.
>>
>> So - can someone point me at a resource that tells me whether this can 
>> be done at all, and if so, how?
>>
>> TIA!
>>
>> Atul
>>
> 
> 

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