[PLUG] Re: Dual Head Capable Linux Laptop?

["Shameel Arafin" <algebraist@gmail.com>]

Dual-head will work for most laptops with a video card that supports
it. I use nVidia's GeForce2Go on a Dell Inspiron 8200. You have to set
the "TwinView" option for nVidia, in your xorg.conf.

It's a matter of finding out how to activate dual-head for your
graphics card, and of actually activating it in your xorg.conf (or
XFree86 configuration file).

Shameel

On 9/6/06, Paul L. Snyder <plsnyder@drexel.edu> wrote:
> Quoting "W. Chris Shank" <shankwc@acetechgroup.com>:
>
> > Doesn anyone know of a laptop that has real dual head support (not just
> > mirroring the display but actually 2 useful desktops)? And can this be
> > supported with Linux?
>
> This works fine with the Thinkpad T41p that I am using (ATI FireGL T2
> video).  The displays for the LCD and external CRT are completely
> independent.
>
> I assume by extension that this will work on laptop with any modern ATI
> video controller.  Other laptops will likely work as well, but I can't
> vouch for 'em.
>
> pls
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