Reply to the mail from Olivier Fourdan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Subject: [Xpert]Is two-headedness a (general) feature? > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Is two-headedness a feature of the video adapter, the driver software, > > or both? I recently saw someone give a presentation using one of the > > Mac laptops where he projected his slides and still had a workspace on > > his LCD. I can think of some very useful applications of that, but is > > it possible with X, with my laptop. (Yes, and no, respectively, is my > > guess; I have a Tecra 8200 with the trident chipset.) > > AFAIK, this is both a hw and sw issue. Your card/hw design is capable of > doing so (you can do it under MS Windows, check the display settings) > but XFree86's trident driver do not take advantage of this "feature". >
On most Notebooks, this feature does not require support of the driver at all. There often is a function key combination which enables the second video output and clones the desktop to it. This works with any operating system. You may even display the text console on the second head with this feature. Regards, Arne _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
