[ale] dual-headed X11 via a laptop?

Chris Farris chrisf at primeharbor.com
Thu Aug 28 09:11:07 EDT 2003


XF86Config file from my i8100 is attached. Enjoy. 

More may be at: http://www.room17.com/hacks/dell8100.shtml

Chris

On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 13:32, John Wells wrote:
> I have a Dell Inspiron i8200 with a Geforce 4 32 mb video card.
> 
> Seems I've read in the past that it was possible to configure laptops as
> dual-headed displays (i.e., an attached monitor and the laptop screen
> serving as two separate desktops), as opposed to simply having the laptop
> screen duplicated on the connected monitor.
> 
> Is this truly possible, or am I mistaken?  Anyone doing/done it?
> 
> Thanks,
> John
> 
> 
> 
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# /.../
# SaX generated XFree86 config file
# Created on: 2002-07-21.
#
# Version: 4.3
# Contact: Marcus Schaefer <sax at suse.de>, 2001
#

# Files were AutoGenerated by SAX2

Section "Files"
  FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local"
  FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
  FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/URW"
  FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
  FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX"
  FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/Type1"
  FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/japanese:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/kwintv:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype"
  FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/uni:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
  FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/Type1"
  FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/xtest"
  ModulePath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
  RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
EndSection

# Generated by SAX2
Section "Module"
  Load         "freetype"
  Load         "speedo"
  Load         "type1"
  Load         "extmod"
  Load         "dbe"
  Load         "glx"
EndSection

# Generated by SAX2
Section "ServerFlags"
  Option       "AllowMouseOpenFail"
EndSection

# Generated by SAX2
Section "InputDevice"
  Driver       "Keyboard"
  Identifier   "Keyboard[0]"
  Option       "MapName" "Generic keyboard [ pc101 ]"
  Option       "Protocol" "Standard"
  Option       "XkbLayout" "us"
  Option       "XkbModel" "pc101"
  Option       "XkbRules" "xfree86"
EndSection

# Generated by SAX2
Section "InputDevice"
  Driver       "mouse"
  Identifier   "Mouse[1]"
  Option       "ButtonNumber" "5"
  Option       "Device" "/dev/mouse"
  Option       "Name" "Autodetection"
  Option       "Protocol" "imps/2"
  Option       "Vendor" "Sysp"
  Option       "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

# Generated by SAX2 for the Insprion Internal Display
Section "Monitor"
  Identifier   "DELL UXGA"
  DisplaySize  340 270
  HorizSync    24-93.8
  ModelName    "1600X1200 at 75HZ"
  VendorName   "--> VESA"
  VertRefresh  50-75
  UseModes     "Modes[1]"
  Option       "DPMS"
EndSection


# Generated by SAX2 on my home LCD
Section "Monitor"
  Identifier   "Samsung"
  DisplaySize  340 270
  HorizSync    31-64
  ModelName    "1280X1024 at 60HZ"
  Option       "DPMS"
  VendorName   "--> VESA"
  VertRefresh  50-60
  UseModes     "Modes[0]"
EndSection


# Modes generated for the Samsung Monitor
Section "Modes"
  Identifier   "Modes[0]"
  Modeline 	"800x600" 48.00 800 832 928 1024 600 604 608 624 -HSync -VSync
  Modeline 	"640x480" 25.20 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525
  Modeline 	"832x624" 25.20 832 656 752 800 624 490 492 525
  Modeline 	"800x600" 25.20 800 656 752 800 600 490 492 525
  Modeline 	"1024x768" 65.00 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806
  Modeline 	"1280x1024" 108.00 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066
EndSection


#Section "Device"
#  BoardName    "GeForce2 Go"
#  BusID        "1:0:0"
#  Driver       "nvidia"
#  Identifier   "Device[0]"
#  Option       "FlatPanel"
#  #Option       "CrtcNumber" "0"
#  #Option       "NvAGP" "0" # disable agp
#  #Option       "NvAGP" "1" # use nvidia agp
#  #Option       "NvAGP" "2" # use agpgart
#  #Option       "NvAGP" "3" # try 2 than 1
#  VendorName   "NVidia"
#EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier      "nVidia GeForce TwinView"
        Driver          "nvidia"
        VendorName      "nVidia"
        BoardName       "nVidia Ge Force Go 2"
        BusID           "PCI:1:0:0"
        ### Available Driver options are:
	Option		"UseEdidFreqs"	"yes"
        Option          "NvAGP"         "0"
#        Option          "NvAGP"         "3"
        Option          "TwinView"
        Option  "ConnectedMonitor"      "CRT,DFP"       # Digital Flat Panel
        Option  "TwinViewOrientation"   "LeftOf" # or LeftOf or Clone

        # -------- set these syncs for YOUR crt --------
        # On a Laptop this would be the Internal Display
        Option  "SecondMonitorHorizSync"        "24-93.8"
        Option  "SecondMonitorVertRefresh"      "50-75"
        # MetaModes
        # <head 0 res>,<head 1 res>; next
        # Remember on the laptop the internal display is head 1
        #			 Laptop only      Laptop and 1280x1024 display
        Option  "MetaModes"     "1280x1024,1280x1024; NULL, 1600x1200; 1280x1024 @1280x1200 ,1600x1200; "
#"NULL, 1600x1200; 1280x1024 @1280x1200 ,1600x1200; "

EndSection

Section "Screen"
  DefaultDepth 24
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      24
    Modes      "1280x1024" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "1024x768"
  EndSubSection
  Device       "nVidia GeForce TwinView"
  Identifier   "Screen[0]"
  Monitor      "Samsung"
EndSection


Section "ServerLayout"
  Identifier   "Layout[all]"
  InputDevice  "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
  InputDevice  "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
  Screen       "Screen[0]"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
    Group      "video"
    Mode       0666
EndSection






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