Re: [opensuse] Nvidia: cloning notebook desktop to external monitor (SOLVED)

24 May 2010


      Malte Gell  wrote
...
Hello,
I have a notebook and sometimes want to connect it to my bigger, external
monitor. My goal is to completely clone the desktop on the notebook to the
external monitor.
The notebook does 1600x900 and the external monitor does 1680x1050. So far
 I had no luck. Once, when I started an app, the app itself was seen on the
 notebook and the desktop on the external screen, or vice versa..... I just
 want an *exact clone*. I want to see my desktop at 1600x900 on the
 notebook and when I plug in the external monitor i want to see my desktop
 at 1680x1050.
Ha, I was now able to build such a setup with the nVidia tool, below is my 
xorg.conf if someone is interested. But, the image quality on the external 
monitor is just terrible, i wonder what I can do about this. Better VGA cable?

# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder58)  Thu Apr 22 20:36:15 
PDT 2010

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    Option         "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    # HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Samsung SyncMaster"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 81.0
    VertRefresh     56.0 - 75.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce G210M"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "TwinView" "1"
    Option         "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "CRT-0"
    Option         "metamodes" "CRT: 1680x1050_60 +0+0, DFP: nvidia-auto-
select +0+0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

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