Using an external screen permanently

[Vilietha]

Hello everyone,

I have a Thinkpad T61, with dedicated graphics (nVidia Quadro NVS 140).
And I would like to use an external screen.
I am using Gentoo Linux.

My questions is: Is it possible to have to different resolutions for the two screens (internal and external ones)?

I am referring to the Virtual Terminals, not the X window system.
The framebuffer is already nicely set up for the internal screen (at wxga+ 1440x900 ).
But my external screen should show the VT in 1280x1024.

Would it be possible to have the two sceens this two different resolutions?
(Because the framebuffer resolution is given as an parameter to the kernel when booting by grub)

Another question is, the entire boot screen does not show up on my external screen.
Is is possible to enable that as well?
Because I would like to use only the external screen in my home for the notebook (with a docking station).

I look forward to your answers.

Kind regards,
Vilietha

[Harryc]

Don't know the answer to your first question but you can choose the external LCD as the primary boot device in BIOS.. (F1 key on boot then Configuration/display. )

[bloovis]

I haven't done exactly what you're attempting, but I believe xrandr can do the job. Check out this page: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Xorg_RandR_1.2