bhtooefr's Journal: Multimonitor support in XP

I have a Dell Inspiron 1100 laptop with the 14.1" XGA display. I also have an RIC 17" monitor capable of 1280x1024. The Display Properties control panel shows Multiple Monitors. However, I can't for the life of me figure out how to make it dual-headed. Windows recognizes both monitors. The GPU is an Intel i845GL. Although it's not listed in the supported GPUs for DualView, it IS a descendant of the i810, the one supported Intel GPU.

Win2VNC isn't an option - I only have one network cable going into this room (I do have an old Linux box in here, but no other network cables :-()

Also, if I HAVE to, I'll get one of the Tritton USB2 to VGA adaptors. FWIW, I think they will work on Linux, as long as their video chip is supported. The PCI to USB chip in this thing IS supported by the manufacturer under Linux. As I understand it, the drivers are even open source.

Update: I e-mailed the actual manufacturer of all of the USB2-VGA adaptors, Telegnosis. They replied that it was a GPU of their own creation...

Update: I played with Win2VNC on another box, and that didn't work well at all. I DID grab a MaxiVista demo, and that worked nicely. MaxiVista is supported under Wine. $50 + another 25ft. network cable (free, most likely) versus $90...

Dual-head from a laptop

[johndiii]

It might be that the second monitor is the TV out from the laptop (if yours has one). I think that's the way that my ATi card represents its TV out (it's at home). My daughter's Dell laptop (Inspiron 5100, I think) works that way; the TV out is an S-Video plug, though, that requires an adapter to hook up to a regular video connection.

Re:Dual-head from a laptop

[bhtooefr]

Mine DOES have a TV out, too.

That could be nasty image quality, though, and I'd have to get an S-Video to VGA adaptor to use my monitor on my desk (come to think of it, it's already getting too fuzzy - degauss coil seems to have failed).