[Debian-eeepc-devel] External monitor (was: Sound on eeepc 900 not working)

[Eric Cooper]

On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 01:28:37PM +0100, obregonmateo at gmail.com wrote:
> What should I try to get two separate displays?

Recent versions of the Xorg xserver use xrandr for multiple-screen
support.  When you have your external display plugged in, do
    $ xrandr --output VGA --right-of LVDS
(or use "--left-of", "--above", or "--below" -- see "man xrandr")

You can make this permanent in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf by using
    Section "Monitor"
      Identifier "LVDS"
      Option "LeftOf" "VGA"
    EndSection
(see "man xorg.conf")

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