external monitor from a laptop

[gerry.feldman at compaq.com (Jerry Feldman)]

But, you could not use the laptop screen and the same time you used 
the external monitor at the higher resolution?

On 25 Jul 2001, at 12:15, Jack Coats wrote:

> I forget the driver my Dell laptop had, but I could actually use it as
> two
> separate screens, with different resolutions, either in Linux or Win98.
> I had a fairly good external monitor that I could drive much harder than
> the on-board display, but they still worked together.  If I just closed
> the top of the laptop, the external worked well at a higher resolution
> than
> the on board display could use.
> 
> I hope you have the sae good luck with yours.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-discuss at Blu.Org [mailto:owner-discuss at Blu.Org]On Behalf Of
> Robert Schick
> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 7:25 AM
> To: discuss at Blu.Org
> Subject: external monitor from a laptop
> 
> 
> List- I have a Gateway Solo 3150 running RH 6.2. Because it has a
> NeoMagic
> driver, I'm using XF86 to drive the x-server. The screen, however, is
> quite
> small and I'm looking to buy an external monitor to make life easier on
> my
> eyes. Before I kick down the $, any advice about setting up an external
> monitor? Is it easily supported? The resolution of my laptop is 800 x
> 600;
> can one send a feed to the external monitor at the monitor's resolution
> even if it exceeds the laptops? Thanks, Rob
> 
> ***************************
> Rob Schick
> Assistant Scientist/GIS
> Edgerton Research Lab
> New England Aquarium
> Central Wharf
> Boston, MA 02110-3399
> 
> Phone: 617.742.5198
> Fax: 617.723.9705
> http://www.marinegis.org
> ***************************
> 
> -
> Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with
> "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" on the first line of the
> message body to discuss-request at blu.org (Subject line is ignored).
> 
> -
> Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with
> "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" on the first line of the
> message body to discuss-request at blu.org (Subject line is ignored).


--
Jerry Feldman
Contractor, eInfrastructure Partner Engineering   
508-467-4315 http://www.testdrive.compaq.com/linux/

Compaq Computer Corp.
200 Forest Street MRO1-3/F1
Marlboro, Ma. 01752
-
Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with
"subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" on the first line of the
message body to discuss-request at blu.org (Subject line is ignored).