I've just upgraded to b39 on an IBM T43p (ATI FireGL chipset with 128 MB RAM). I also have just connected a Sun 18" TFT monitor (1280x1024 native resolution) to the DVI output of an IBM Docking station. I will probably get a 1600x1200 dpi screen (21" or so) to replace the smaller Sun one in the future if I can work out some issues.
After booting Solaris, I was surprised to find the output on the Sun monitor (DVI output) rather than the built-in 1600x1200 panel. I assume that I need to enable xinerama to use both screens but I haven't figured out how to tell Xorg to use the built-in screen always and the DVI connected screen as a second screen (to the right) when available. Would anyone in the know be able to suggest mods to my xorg.conf file to make that happen? I would like for the notebook screen to be used always and the 2nd monitor to be used if available. Under XP, IBM offers an app to set up the screens presenting a menu to choose from. I have various setups defined there (native on the notebook, notebook+ 2nd screen on Sun monitor, notebook with projector both displaying the same image, etc. (With Solaris I use an xorg.conf file to get the dpi set correctly at 133 dpi on the 15" 1600x1200 screen on the notebook. The machine worked fine at 1600x1200 but the fonts were tiny until I set the dpi correctly. I need reasonable size fonts as I'm well past needing reading glasses for seeing anything at other than infinity :-) ). Thanks for any suggestions/help, Stuart This message posted from opensolaris.org
