[ale] dual-headed X11 via a laptop?

[Dow Hurst]

# XFree86 4 configuration created by redhat-config-xfree86
 
Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "Server Layout"
        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
        InputDevice    "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore"
EndSection
 
Section "Files"
 
# The location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally
# no need to change the default.
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
        RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
        FontPath     "unix/:7100"
EndSection
 
Section "Module"
        Load  "dbe"
        Load  "extmod"
        Load  "fbdevhw"
#       Load  "dri"
        Load  "glx"
        Load  "record"
        Load  "freetype"
        Load  "type1"
EndSection
 
Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Keyboard0"
        Driver      "keyboard"
        Option      "XkbRules" "xfree86"
        Option      "XkbModel" "pc105"
        Option      "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
 
Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Mouse0"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/psaux"
        Option      "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
        Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
 
Section "InputDevice"
 
# If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse then
# this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to let you
# also use USB mice at the same time.
        Identifier  "DevInputMice"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
        Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection
 
Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
        ModelName    "Dell M992"
        HorizSync    30.0 - 96.0
        VertRefresh  50.0 - 160.0
        Option      "dpms"
EndSection
 
Section "Device"
 
        # no known options
        #BusID
        Identifier  "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)"
        Driver      "nvidia"
        VendorName  "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)"
        BoardName   "NVIDIA Quadro FX (generic)"
        Option "TwinView"
        # be sure to replace the HorizSync and VertRefresh with correct 
values
        # for your monitor!
        Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync"   "30.0-96.0"
        Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "50.0-160.0"
        Option "TwinViewOrientation"      "RightOf"
        Option "MetaModes"                "1600x1200,1600x1200; 
1280x1024,1280x1024; 1024x768,1024x768"
        Option "ConnectedMonitor"         "crt,crt"
        Option "RenderAccel" "1"
        Option "NoLogo" "0"
EndSection
 
Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth     24
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     16
                Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     24
                Modes    "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" 
"1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection
 
Section "DRI"
        Mode         0666
EndSection




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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