[ltp] r51 and external monitor

[David Tansey]

And to the list,

Is it possible to save the state of X? Sort of like when you 
suspend, so you could restart X on another monitor and have 
it come back just how you left it? Or maybe start another 
session in another VT and have it load up the state your 
current (exiting) X is using?

Doesn't seem likely, but maybe there is something that i'm 
missing.

-David

---- Original message ----
>Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 08:44:43 -0400
>From: Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@gmail.com>  
>Subject: Re: [ltp] r51 and external monitor  
>To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
>
>On 6/6/05, David Tansey <djtansey@umd.edu> wrote:
>> Michael,
>> 
>> I am interested in a similar setup. I have an x40 with a
>> docking station. Trying to set it up so I can dock it and
>> have it switch to my external monitor at a different
>> resolution but with the same session I had open on my 
laptop.
>> Not sure whether X will like a cloned system when the
>> laptop's monitor has been turned off (when I shut it.)
>> 
>> Let me know what you find out.
>> 
>> Search the archives for someone mentioning Xvattr -- might 
be
>> lowercase x. Someone said they'd found an Xv command that
>> seemed to do it. Been too busy at work to mess around at 
all.
>> 
>
>the xvattributes only affect the video overlay.  the 
attribute in
>question just switches wich crtc the overlay is sourced to.  
X does
>not currently support on the fly reconfiguration.
>
>Alex
>
>> If what you're trying to do is similar to what I'm trying 
to
>> do (I'd also the the ability to have both up simultanously
>> with some short cut or something), then keep in touch.
>> Hopefully we can help each other out.
>> 
>> -David
>> 
>> ---- Original message ----
>> >Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 10:05:47 +0200
>> >From: Michael Ott <michael@zolnott.de>
>> >Subject: Re: [ltp] r51 and external monitor
>> >To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
>> >
>> >Hello Jan!
>> >
>> >> >I have a new r51 and i want to use an external monitor
>> (1600 x 1200).
>> >> >Does anybody have an existing XF86config for me 
because i
>> have problems
>> >> >with the configuration of this file.
>> >>
>> >> Do you have an ati or an intel graphic-board?
>> >ati
>> >>
>> >> I have an intel extreme graphics 2 and a (semi-)working
>> setup with two monitors.
>> >>
>> >> What do you want?
>> >>
>> >> xinerama:
>> >> One screen over both monitors so that your windowmanager
>> spreads over both monitors?
>> >No
>> >
>> >> or (what I use):
>> >> Two different screens, one per monitor, so that you can
>> use different windowmanagers per screen
>> >> or just leave the second alone.
>> >> I use this. To get a program showing up there I use
>> DISPLAY=":0.1" in front of the command. Very
>> >> nice for presentations, I think, because you can see 
your
>> text/hints on your laptop without
>> >> showing them to the audience.
>> >No
>> >
>> >> clone:
>> >> Just make a identical clone of the LCD to the external 
VGA.
>> >Yes
>> >
>> >CU
>> >
>> >  Michael
>> >
>> >--
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