Dell 600M xorg.conf

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[edit] Special Dual-Head Configuration

I have my laptop positioned to the right of my external monitor (LG Flatron L1920P). The dificult part of this configuration is that the laptop's resolution is max 1024x768 but the external monitor can handle 1280x1024. This makes for an interesting xorg.conf file. I used ati's script to configure my monitor portion of xorg. Download the drivers from ATI then run 

aticonfig --initial=dual-head --screen-layout=above

That should get both monitors to at least turn on. To configure your system to display the desktop across both screens, you will need to then run aticonfig again. I set the desktop to horrizontal with the external on the left by running 

aticonfig --desktop-setup=horizontal,reverse

To change the resolution on my external monitor, I used 

aticonfig --mode2=1280x1024

These are just a few options that I wanted for my setup. All options are listed by running 

aticong --help

[edit] Resources

I posted my 2 xorg.conf files (single & dual head configurations):
http://linux.findross.com/single-xorg.conf
http://linux.findross.com/dual-xorg.conf

[edit] Configuring the TouchPad

There are many resources out there that go into detail about how to setup your TouchPad for the 600M. First, head on over to HARDWARE Synaptics Touchpad to get the drivers installed. That article is great but it didn't get dragging or scrolling working for me.

[edit] Enable Scrolling and Dragging

If you followed the article at HARDWARE Synaptics Touchpad then you should have an "InputDevice" section for your touchpad. If you want to enable dragging and scrolling, change that "InputDevice" section to: 

Section "InputDevice"
  Driver  	"synaptics"
  Identifier  	"TouchPad"
  Option	"Device"  	"/dev/input/mouse1"
  Option	"Protocol"	"auto-dev"
  Option	    "LeftEdge" "120"
  Option	    "RightEdge" "830"
  Option	    "TopEdge" "120"
  Option	    "BottomEdge" "650"
  Option	    "FingerLow" "14"
  Option	    "FingerHigh" "15"
  Option	    "MaxTapTime" "180"
  Option	    "MaxTapMove" "110"
  Option	    "ClickTime" "0"
  Option	    "EmulateMidButtonTime" "75"
  Option	    "VertScrollDelta" "10"
  Option	    "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
  Option	    "MinSpeed" "0.45"
  Option	    "MaxSpeed" "0.65" #Changed from .75 to .65
  Option	    "AccelFactor" "0.020"
  Option	    "EdgeMotionMinSpeed" "200"
  Option	    "EdgeMotionMaxSpeed" "200"
  Option	    "UpDownScrolling" "1"
  Option	    "CircularScrolling" "0"
  Option	    "CircScrollDelta" "0.1"
  Option	    "CircScrollTrigger" "2"
  Option	    "SHMConfig" "true"
  Option	    "GuestMouseOff" "0"
EndSection

then just restart X and you should have dragging and scrolling working on your touchpad.

For more information and to download the ATI drivers, check out https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&folderID=300.

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