dual head with intel driver

[JM Ibanez]

Simon Zilliken <simon.zn at online.de> writes:

>
> Hi,
>
> there are some news. I've managed to get the external TFT to work with
> xrandr --output TMDS-1 --mode "1680x1050",
> but the laptop display shows a clone of it. That's nonsense because of the 
> different resolutions, but how do I turn cloning off in order to have two 
> screens?

Check the xrandr(1) manpage. Briefly, the answer is:

  $ xrandr --output TMDS-1 --mode 1680x1050 --left-of LVDS

or

  $ xrandr --output TMDS-1 --mode 1680x1050 --right-of LVDS

HTH
-- 
JM Ibanez
Software Architect
Orange & Bronze Software Labs, Ltd. Co.

jm at orangeandbronze.com
http://software.orangeandbronze.com/