Forgive me if I'm asking a silly question, but isn't the video-output on a laptop intended to simply give out the same display on the main screen, and NOT provide dual-head capabilities? This is what my experience has been, having owned several laptops over the years, including the one I am using right now. If you really want dual-head output, don't you need 2 video cards? Assuming that I am correct, then the issue isn't really X, but the hardware or firmware (maybe at the BIOS level?) in your laptop. I know that on my current laptop, running FC2, all I need to do is plug in any 1024x768 capable monitor, press a couple of function keys, and I immediately have my desktop output to the CRT. I can press a couple more function keys and get output to both the LCD and CRT, but the display is exactly the same -- NOT dual-head. If I am wrong, that's fine. But this has been, and continues to be, my experience. Dave Sherman BTW, using gmail and loving it. Thanks to all for their generosity with the invitations, I was one of the beneficiaries. On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 20:50:32 -0500, Olwe Melwasul <olwe at cpinternet.com> wrote: > I'm still trying to figure out why my laptop won't output X to my CRT. > LCD screen is just fine, the CRT shows non-X boot/system stuff (so the > connection is good). Went through some of the KDE GUI display settings, > but one says I don't have Xfree 4.3 "the latest", so I can't resize. > Unrelated? The KDE "Display" (system-config-display) UI lets you > configure for dual head, but it just won't come through on the CRT. > > My CRT is actually a NEC MultiSync 97F, but it wasn't offered. I also > switched Xinerama to "off" and Clone to "on" and it still didn't work. > > Here's my "xorg.conf" file: > ----------- > # Xorg configuration created by system-config-display > > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "Multihead layout" > Screen 0 "Screen0" LeftOf "Screen1" > Screen 1 "Screen1" 0 0 > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > Option "Xinerama" "on" > Option "Clone" "off" > EndSection > > Section "Files" > > # RgbPath is the location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name > of the > # file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally > # no need to change the default. > # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) > # By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of > # the X server to render fonts. > RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" > FontPath "unix/:7100" > EndSection > > Section "Module" > Load "dbe" > Load "extmod" > Load "fbdevhw" > Load "glx" > Load "record" > Load "freetype" > Load "type1" > Load "dri" > EndSection > > Section "ServerFlags" > Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "yes" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > > # Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1)) > # Option "Xleds" "1 2 3" > # To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable. > # Option "XkbDisable" > # To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the > # lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S. > # keyboard, you will probably want to use: > # Option "XkbModel" "pc102" > # If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use: > # Option "XkbModel" "microsoft" > # > # Then to change the language, change the Layout setting. > # For example, a german layout can be obtained with: > # Option "XkbLayout" "de" > # or: > # Option "XkbLayout" "de" > # Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys" > # > # If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and > # control keys, use: > # Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps" > # Or if you just want both to be control, use: > # Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps" > # > Identifier "Keyboard0" > Driver "keyboard" > Option "XkbModel" "pc105" > Option "XkbLayout" "us" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Mouse0" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Monitor0" > VendorName "Monitor Vendor" > ModelName "LCD Panel 1280x1024" > HorizSync 31.5 - 67.0 > VertRefresh 50.0 - 75.0 > Option "dpms" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Monitor1" > VendorName "Monitor Vendor" > ModelName "NEC MultiSync 95F" > HorizSync 31.0 - 96.0 > VertRefresh 55.0 - 160.0 > Option "dpms" > EndSection > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Videocard0" > Driver "radeon" > VendorName "Videocard vendor" > BoardName "ATI Radeon Mobility U1" > BusID "PCI:1:5:0" > EndSection > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Videocard1" > Driver "radeon" > VendorName "Videocard Vendor" > BoardName "ATI Radeon Mobility U1" > BusID "PCI:1:5:0" > Screen 1 > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "Videocard0" > Monitor "Monitor0" > DefaultDepth 24 > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 24 > Modes "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > EndSubSection > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen1" > Device "Videocard1" > Monitor "Monitor1" > DefaultDepth 24 > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 24 > Modes "1152x864" "1280x960" "1600x1200" > EndSubSection > EndSection > > Section "DRI" > Group 0 > Mode 0666 > EndSection > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org > Got pictures for TCLUG? 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