Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > i'd thought of that, but i was *assured* by people who should know that > the external hardware is not reporting anything back to the laptop. and > forgive my video-related ignorance, but what is *normally* reported back? > in what format? and is there a way to tap that info in real time (a la > tcpdump)? or is just checking the X log file the way to go? thanks. > > rday > X will ask the monitor for the EDID data that says what the monitor is capable of handling. If you search the /var/log/xorg0.log for EDID, you should see what it is reporting. I do not know your hardware, and I have not done dual monitors, so I can not help you with this part. What you may want to try is instead of having the external monitor echo what the laptop display shows, configure X to handle two displays, sending the same information to each display. (I am doing a poor job of describing this) Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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