try looking for cloning the display. you will edit the xorg.conf for sure...
On Wed, 2007-10-10 at 03:16 +0200, Allister Levi Sanchez wrote: > Hi Mike, > > Yes, I wanted the latter, i.e., one a copy of the other. Instead, all > I've been able to make is the supposedly more complicated case of 2 > separate desktop screens, by playing with the xorg.conf file. I tried > Fn+Function keys but it doesn't work. In my previous PCs, this worked > out smoothly, just plug in the monitor cable and I'm done. Now I > dunno why the other screen just stays dark. A reboot has no effect. > Any ideas? > > Thanks in advance, > Allister > > On 10/10/07, Michael Tinsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you want to separate desktop screens, or one a copy of the > other? > > If the latter, it is simply a matter of pressing the proper fn > +f? key. Beware, for this I usually switch to a text console > (ctrl-alt-f1) before pressing these keys, as my laptop hangs > when doing the display switching while in X. Pressing the fn > +f? keys in rapid succession also hangs my unit. Probably a > video driver problem -- mine's an intel chipset. > > If the former, try using Systems Settings (I'm using Kubuntu, > btw) first. If that doesn't work, try googling "multihead". > There are a few howto's in ubuntuforums.org -- try searching > there as well. > > > --- mike t. > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph -- Alec Joseph Rivera F S 3 Consulting Inc. http://www.fs3.ph
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