Thanks Alan! Thanks Martin! I'll give it a shot!
It's a Dell D630 laptop with an Nvidia Quadro NVS135M, So I'm not expecting many video driver headaches. I'll report back if the RANDR stuff acts wierd. -Kyle On 2/11/2009 12:59 PM, Martin Bochnig wrote: > On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 6:48 PM, Alan Coopersmith > <Alan.Coopersmith at sun.com> wrote: > >> Kyle McDonald wrote: >> >>> I'm just wondering if it's possible to have a single Xorg config file >>> that will handle both situations? I'd hate to have to login at the text >>> console, copy in a saved config, and then restart a service or reboot >>> the machine. >>> >> xrandr 1.2 allows resizing the desktop and adding/removing outputs on the >> fly - I've never tried with a docking station, but I have taken a running >> laptop, plugged in a projector to the VGA output, run xrandr to activate >> the output, and seen the picture just appear on screen. Google should >> find more examples of using xrandr in situations like this - for the most >> part, Xorg on Solaris, Linux& BSD should be the same here. >> >> -- >> -Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com >> > > > I can confirm what Alan Coopersmith has said 100%. > I'm doing the same with my two Amilo Laptops and an external 19" Sun TFT. > > The only thing which can happen is, that your Monitor doesn't get > properly recognized, depending on the ddx module you need for your > graphic chipset. > (It could show something like "Beyond valid sync range ..." and freeze > your system, no matter which sync ranges you specify in xorg.conf, if > it exists.) > But normally it should work well. > Plug&play, dynamically, during runtime. > Both screens are active at the same time (maybe a slight delay). And > when you shut the laptop (to protect it from getting dusty), the > laptop display switches off, the external DVI-connected display just > stays on (maybe the screensaver mistakenly starts, but that's it). > > %m >
