This is an older Toshiba laptop, which works fine for spouse's email, lite browsing.
It's LM 19.3 XFCE.
The LVDS1 monitor has random display glitches, plus it's a 17" screen.
Is creating correct sections in
xorg.conf the only
permanent way to have the same content, at 01same time,
fill the
different resolution dual monitors?
There are shortcuts listed to move windows to the other monitor, or show apps in current workspace, and "move desktop / window to other MONITOR, but haven't tried 'em. I expect some problems. Then there's the STGAL factor -
Spouse
Technology
Glitches
Aggravation
Level.
If in Display Settings, I set the external as primary & the LVDS1 1440x900 display "off", it can cause delays, PIA getting the display up & using tty or anything else (when ext. Samsung won't wake).
If two monitors are 'mirrored,' the larger 1680x1050 monitor only displays at the laptop's 1440x900 display. I've read that's how it works - not sure. So ~ 1/3 of the preferred monitor is wasted.
I wouldn't care about the LVDS display being off, but sometimes it seems certain tasks don't work well on the external monitor (w/ THIS laptop).
Setting the external 1680 x 1050? mon as primary, works OK until the kernel puts system to sleep. This ext. Samsung circa 2008 monitor doesn't play well w/ the Intel i915 driver. Samsung eventually comes on - maybe 7 or 10+ min (varies).
Tried more 'fixes' for ext. monitor w/ laptop, than I care to think about & time spent. Many said the same. A much newer monitor didn't wake, either. As a test, a 2007 Dell 15" monitor wakes instantly from System sleep- S3. Sleep / Suspend is disabled in XFCE4 Power Manager & xfce4-screensaver (or xscreensaver). That doesn't stop the kernel forcing S3.
So when the monitor won't wake & IF want to use it NOW, I / we usually have to access tty & restart.
Thanks.
