Re: different resolution on notebook LCD and VGA

2006-01-31 Thread Lubos Vrbka
Most newer laptops can do it under windows. Although at almost every talk, someone finds out that accelaration doesn't work on the second display, even when the external display is simply mirroring the LCD. So someone goes to play a movie, and is stunned into silence when they discover that the m

Re: different resolution on notebook LCD and VGA

2006-01-31 Thread Josep Serrano
Hello I have a laptop with widescreen LCD and I didn't manage to have a dual head configuration for both widescreen and external monitor at the same time. I have to different xorg configuration files and a set of scripts which can swtich between configurations and restart my X server. New ideas

Re: different resolution on notebook LCD and VGA

2006-01-31 Thread Digby Tarvin
On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 11:04:49PM +1100, Tim Connors wrote: > > The 5 year old Inspiron 4000 with a r128 can do dualhead under > windows. I beleive the displays (internal and external) can talk > differnt resolutions too. Doesn't work with xinerama under X. > > But then again, I never even got

Re: different resolution on notebook LCD and VGA

2006-01-31 Thread Tim Connors
Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said on Tue, 31 Jan 2006 10:35:45 +: > Unless your notebook actually has two display adapters built in, > I very much doubt that you can do what you describe. > > The only options I have seen are > a. image displayed on LCD only > b. higher resolution image dis

Re: different resolution on notebook LCD and VGA

2006-01-31 Thread Digby Tarvin
Unless your notebook actually has two display adapters built in, I very much doubt that you can do what you describe. The only options I have seen are a. image displayed on LCD only b. higher resolution image displayed on VGA only c. simultaneous display on LCD and VGA at internal LCD resolution

different resolution on notebook LCD and VGA

2006-01-31 Thread Lubos Vrbka
hi guys, maybe this is nonsense... is it possible to run x windows with different resolution on the notebook LCD and different on the VGA out at the same time? ideally i'd like to have the output 1024x768 on the LCD and 1280x1024 sent to the VGA output (i want to connect it to another LCD tha