check out this website for a sample XF86config file http://www-crypto.htw-saarland.de/weber/misc/linux/XF86Config-2410.twin
--- Nicolas MARC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, I855 supports 2 outputs. > I your case you should have a video pipe to the LVDS > output (flat panel) > and the other one to a VGA output. > Maybe the best is to check your Bios or the > manufacturer's documentation... > > To use dual head anyway, you need patches to agpgart > driver (until kernel > 2.6 I guess), > XFree 4.3.0 and an updated version of the i855 > driver, for dual head > support... > This seems to be brand new. > > I found somewhere on the web (I think it's on > xfree86.org) a page by David > dawes, giving details > about this driver and it's installation. > > Hope I helps! > > cheers, > > Nicolas > > > > > |---------+------------------------------> > | | Jonathan McLean | > | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]| > | | o.com> | > | | | > | | Envoy� par : | > | | [EMAIL PROTECTED]| > | | 86.Org | > | | | > | | | > | | 18/02/04 13:49 | > | | Veuillez r�pondre �| > | | xfree86 | > | | Remis le : | > | | 18/02/2004 13:52 | > | | | > |---------+------------------------------> > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| > | > > | > | Pour : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > | > | cc : (ccc : Nicolas MARC/DRD/SAGEM) > > | > | Objet : Re: [XFree86] MultiHead support > for Intel 855GM > | > | > > | > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| > > > > > I believe that if the laptop can support two > monitors, > meaning that, in windows atleast, you can use two > monitors with it, then you can support dual head. > In > my experience, as long as the gfx card has two > outputs, it should support dual head. > --- Christopher Thom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Quoth Pedro Corte-Real: > > > > > I have a centrino laptop and am trying to use > the > > multihead support of > > > the intel video card to drive an external > monitor > > as a second X screen. > > > Is this possible? > > > > I have the same system, but I thought that you > > needed two graphics cards > > for dualhead systems? or is this actually > possible? > > I'd love to be able to > > do that... > > > > cheers > > chris > > _______________________________________________ > > XFree86 mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. > http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
