Micha wrote:
I have a thinkpad laptop with nvidia Quadro NVS 140M graphic card, running unstable with xfce4 desktop.I'm having issues connecting an external screen. using nvidia-settings I've managed to get the second screen to work in twinview mode as an extension to the current screen, or overlapping current screen. Problem is that as an extension, if I maximize a window, it maximizes to both desktops. I tried restarting xfwm and starting fvwm and compiz using fusion icon but it didn't change the behavior. Tried enabling xinerama in xorg.conf but then nvidia-settings said that it can't find the xrandr extension and wouldn't enable the second screen. I also tried adding twinview option to the video card section in xorg but it didn't seem to do anything. Using overlapping windows doesn't seem to work either since the main screen will only go down to 1280x1024 and the external projector will only go up to 640x480 so it doesn't show the entire screen Will be happy for any ideas Thnaks
Do you want/need both screens active? If not, you may want to try what I do when using a projector for slide shows or movies:
1. Select the external screen settings and set it to twinview. 2. Select the laptop display screen settings and disable it. 3. Apply the changes. ... 4. When done, select the laptop display and set it to twinview. 5. Select the external display and disable it. 6. Apply. This works well for me, maybe it will for you as well. -- Bob McGowan
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