As I recall, all intel chips from the i830 and up can drive two independant heads. However, there is currently no support for it in the xfree86 driver. I don't know whether it is due to lack of specs or lack of developer time.
Alex --- David_Härdeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I recently bought an IBM ThinkPad G40 with the Intel 852GM/855GM > graphics chipset. Now I wonder after a few hours of playing with > different XF86Config setups if it is possible to run Xinerama > dualhead > on this chipset (with internal TFT panel and external CRT screen). > > The keyboard has buttons to switch between internal, external and > internal + external modes but the latter means that the screens are > just > duplicated and this functionality seems independent of the driver. > > The following thread seems to indicate that the chipset has hw > support > for dual-head but that the driver doesn't: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg03064.html > > Now, my question is: is the above thread true? > > Regards, > David > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
