>> Unfortunately the Red Hat search facility for the mailing lists is >> currently unavailable. Sometimes ago there was a discussion how to start >> a second XServer on the same machine using a different XF86config file >> (usually I use a dual head configuration, but some progs are crashing >> the system in dual head mode (e.g. Open Office) so I wish to set up a >> second display using <Ctrl><F8> which uses a single display >> configuration). >> >> Does someone remember the details? I run two XServers in different resolutions (I use the lower resolution one to connect old external projectors which do not support 1400x1050). What I do is to define two layouts in the same XF86Config file (actually I have three, but I use only two) and I make gdm.conf to start up two displays, each of them using a layout. The relevant pieces of the files are: XF86Config: #--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "TFT" Screen 0 "Screen1400" 0 0 InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore" EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "External1024" Screen 2 "Screen1024" 0 0 InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen1400" Device "Videocard0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen1024" Device "Videocard0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection EndSection #--------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have a TP40, and I also set the BIOS so that the LCD has to be copied to the external output. gdm.conf (only changes at the end, in the servers section, comments removed); the -layout option to the X server tells the server which layout should be chosen from the XF86Config file. #--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [servers] 0=External 1=Standard # Definition of the standard X server. [server-Standard] name=Standard server command=/usr/X11R6/bin/X -audit 0 -layout TFT flexible=true # Second server, lower resolution (1024 x 768 or 1280x1024). Taken from # http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/pipermail/linux-thinkpad/2003-December/014345.html [server-External] name=Second server command=/usr/X11R6/bin/X -layout External1024 flexible=true #--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Manuel Carro --- Facultad de Informática -- U. Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) | |mcarro_at_fi_dot_upm_dot_es --- Ph: +34-91336-7455 --- FAX: +34-91336-7412 | |http://lml.ls.fi.upm.es/~mcarro --- http://clip.dia.fi.upm.es/Software/Ciao|
