External monitor
Hi, I want to get a 24" external 1900x1200 monitor, hopefully to use simultaneously with the 17" 1680x1050 laptop screen.
So far whenever I've plugged in an external monitor and booted Linux (Kubuntu Feisty), the display only goes to the external screen, and the laptop screen is blank, completely powered off and dark. (Actually they both show the same thing during the text mode bootup phase, but when X starts the built-in LCD goes dark.)
In Windows, I can have an external monitor and the builtin screen show independent views.
How do people do this in Linux, keeping in mind that it needs to be possible to use the computer without the monitor? I figure if I add the screen in xorg.conf, it will always try to find it. Is there a way to do it without switching xorg.conf files every time? That would kind of suck.
The video card is an nVidia 7600 with 512MB RAM. I'm pretty sure the same card handles both the internal screen and the external port. Linux does support that, doesn't it?
If you do something similar, I would love to know how you have it set up.
Thanks!
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Google and ye shall receive ;) Since you have an nvidia card, you actually probably want to use the TwinView configuration like this guy does for the multiple monitors, but use the DDC detection script from the first link. It's not as easy to set it up as it is under Windows, but it's more "automatic" when you get it done.
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Sweetness, that looks like it should do the trick. Guess I'll go ahead and order such a monitor.
Thanks!
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hmmm, I do not understand where to put :
hmmm, I do not understand where to put :
Is it ok if nv is already changed to glx under the module section or do I need to add glx somewhere else? :confused: That should be all you need. The nVidia drivers are listed as either "glx" or "nvidia."
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^Thanks for the input, unfortunately I screw up somewhere with the xorg file when I add the option render 'true" at the end of the screen heading and need to reinstall ubuntu. Can anyone here help me tried to get ubuntu to recognized my monitor. Thanks :confused:
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Twinview!
Just set up your xorg.conf to be something like this. This is my Twinview setup on my Acer, yours may be different.
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http://home.earthlink.net/~george164...t/dv9500t.html
My xorg.conf is at the link above (scroll down, middle of the page).
It is setup to use TwinView on both internal and external monitors at the same time. Nvidia card of course.
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Thanks everyone, I have successfully setup twinview; however, the xorg.conf think my monitor is my main while the laptop is the external one. How do I switch this around?
Edit: Nevermind, I got it! I simply move everthing from the monitor to the left :D. Thanks again.
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Thanks everyone, I have successfully setup twinview; however, the xorg.conf think my monitor is my main while the laptop is the external one. How do I switch this around?
Edit: Nevermind, I got it! I simply move everthing from the monitor to the left :D. Thanks again. Or use the "Clone" option. :)
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http://home.earthlink.net/~george164...t/dv9500t.html
My xorg.conf is at the link above (scroll down, middle of the page).
It is setup to use TwinView on both internal and external monitors at the same time. Nvidia card of course.
Answer:
Re: External monitor
Thanks everyone, I have successfully setup twinview; however, the xorg.conf think my monitor is my main while the laptop is the external one. How do I switch this around?
Edit: Nevermind, I got it! I simply move everthing from the monitor to the left :D. Thanks again.
Answer:
Re: External monitor
Thanks everyone, I have successfully setup twinview; however, the xorg.conf think my monitor is my main while the laptop is the external one. How do I switch this around?
Edit: Nevermind, I got it! I simply move everthing from the monitor to the left :D. Thanks again. Or use the "Clone" option. :)