Re: dual head with powerbook pismo


Subject: Re: dual head with powerbook pismo
From: florian (florian@twelvefire.de)
Date: Tue Jan 16 2001 - 12:20:57 MST


>On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, florian wrote:
>
>> sorry if this is a bit off-topic for this list. but does anybody know if its
>> possible to have two monitors running on a powerbook using linux? i heard
>> that with xfree86 4.0 its possible to do that on a pc.. but also on a
>> powerbook?
>
>On a notebook? I assume you mean, have the internal LCD display and a
>monitor connected to the same notebook?
>
>Unless the Pismo has a completely separate display controller for the
>external display (which isn't likely), I highly doubt it. Can it be done
>on the MacOS side? If not, then you certainly can't do it on the Linux
>side.

yup. it works perfectly on the macos side.. now i just wonder if it would
work on the linux side...



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