Dual Monitor XFCE on a Laptop?

I managed to get it up and running but is there an app or something that makes it easier to disconnect and reconnect my laptop to the secondary monitor without having to restore all the settings everytime i decide that i want to move my laptop away from secondary monitor?

nixpunk wrote:
Not sure what you mean. Are you saying that every time you connect your laptop to an external monitor you need to bring up Menu -> Settings -> Display?
I use Xfce with a laptop and external monitor (via docking station) and all I do to connect/disconnect is hit fn-F7 to bring up the external monitor menu. If you don't have a monitor hotkey, you could always use xrandr and a hotkey(s) of your choice.
seems like a good solution to tie the xrandr command to a keyboard shortcut and bind the panels to a particular monitor. Thanks. Sorry for responding so late. edit that works now wondering if there is a command to both enable secondary monitor and reset xrandr settings all at once edit again i set f6 to turn off external display f7 to turn it back on and f8 to restore dual monitor settings. now if only there was a way to combine f7 and f8. and && doesn't work. 3rd and final edit. combined commands into bash script and linked to that as a keyboard shortcut
Last edited by mamamia88 (2012-09-09 04:49:58)

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Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen1" 0 0
Screen 1 "Screen0" LeftOf "Screen1"
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Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"
Option "AutoAddDevices" "False"
Option "DontZap" "False"
EndSection
Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/PEX"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/local"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/western"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latex-ttf-fonts"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/defoma/CID"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/defoma/TrueType"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/artwiz-fonts"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "ddc"
Load "drm"
Load "dbe"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
Load "bitmap"
Load "freetype"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XkbVariant" ""
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "USB Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Buttons" "5"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
#Option "DPMS" "No"
#HorizSync 28.0 - 96.0 # Warning: This may fry old Monitors
#VertRefresh 50.0 - 75.0 # Very conservative. May flicker.
ModeLine "1024x768" 44.9 1024 1032 1208 1264 768 768 776 817 +hsync +vsync Interlace
ModeLine "1024x768" 65.0 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync
ModeLine "1024x768" 75.0 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync
ModeLine "1024x768" 78.8 1024 1040 1136 1312 768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1024x768" 94.5 1024 1072 1168 1376 768 769 772 808 +hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1280x1024" 108.0 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1280x1024" 135.0 1280 1296 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1280x1024" 157.5 1280 1344 1504 1728 1024 1025 1028 1072 +hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1024x768" 113.31 1024 1096 1208 1392 768 769 772 814 -HSync +Vsync
ModeLine "1280x1024" 190.96 1280 1376 1520 1760 1024 1025 1028 1085 -HSync +Vsync
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "ati"
VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"
BoardName "M56P [Radeon Mobility X1600]"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "AGPMode" "4"
Option "ColorTiling" "on"
Option "AccelMethod" "EXA"
Option "AGPFastWrite" "yes"
Option "DRI" "on"
Option "DDCMode" "True"
Option "MonitorLayout" "LVDS,CRT"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card1"
Driver "ati"
VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"
BoardName "M56P [Radeon Mobility X1600]"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "AGPMode" "4"
Option "ColorTiling" "on"
Option "AccelMethod" "EXA"
Option "AGPFastWrite" "yes"
Option "DRI" "on"
Option "DDCMode" "True"
Option "MonitorLayout" "LVDS,CRT"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x800" "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Card1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
I get that ^^: looks like the VGA screen IS 1280x1024, but for some reason ratpoison thinks it's 1280x800 (all open windows have that size).
this does not happen in DWM, but should work ok with ratpoison too...so I'm guessing it's a wrong setup on my part.
Enabling Xinerama in xorg.conf doesn't even start X at all...it segfaults
What other steps should I take to makea working dual monitor environment? I would like to have 2 X screens btw (my laptop to be screen :1 and CRT screen :0 (the default))

Scratch that..it was working..but silly me forgot to use ":nextscreen" in Ratpoison..so the windows would open at 1280x800 since the damn thing though I'm still on the first monitor

Dual Monitor XFCE on a Laptop?

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