Is there a way to extend my desktop's screen onto my laptop's display, as if the laptop was just another monitor in a dual-monitor configuration?
Maybe with some combination of VNC and Synergy?
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1xdmx is really stale, but it was built to do exactly this– RobotHumansJun 11, 2012 at 0:18
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Same question on Super User: using a second computer as a mere screen/monitor in X (VNC?)– ændrükJun 21, 2013 at 5:02
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I believe with the Nvidia-xserver-settings you can accomplish that provided you have an Nvidia card. You select twinview mode and designate the external monitor as primary and the laptop screen as secondary. That should do the trick.
If you have other graphic cards I am not sure how to do that.
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I don't think that's what he was asking. You can't generally output to a laptop display from an external source, unless maybe some of the HDMI/DisplayPort having cards/laptops somehow allow it.– dobeyJun 11, 2012 at 1:07
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