2012-10-15 Vincent Bernat:

> >     xrandr --output HDMI1 --mode 1280x1024 --right-of LVDS1
> >
> > Nothing  changed. It  seems that  this is  the default  mode when  an 
> > external
> > screen is  being connected.  I tried  to push the  “XF86Display” button  on 
> > my
> > laptop, it seems to cycle through all possible xrandr modes. None of them 
> > does
> > what I want.  Cloning is not what I  want and does not work  with screens 
> > with
> > different resolutions and the “--right-of”  mode behaves weird as 
> > described, I
> > only have a cursor.
> 
> You are not too far of the solution.

That gives me hope that it's at least possible.

> You can also use:
> 
>  xrandr --output HDMI1 --auto --right-of LVDS1

This does not change anything. I get the black screen with the mouse
cursor.

> The fact that you see the mouse on the new screen seems to tell that X11
> is correctly configured. However, for some reason, awesome is unable to
> detect the second screen.
> 
> What do you get with this?
>  echo 'return screen.count()' | awesome-client 

   double 2


Marco



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