Bug#458415: xserver-xorg-video-ati: Windows maximise beyond right of screen boundary

[Tim Retout]

retitle 458415 virtual screen size larger than display since 1:6.7.196-1
kthxbye

On Mon, 2007-12-31 at 10:48 +0100, Brice Goglin wrote:
> The upstream bug report is marked as duplicate of another one which is fixed
> (https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13231)
> 
> So if it's not fixed for you with git20071223.ad3325f6, you should 
> reopen it. Did you read/check what Alex Deucher said there?

Yes, I've been studying the bugs and the mailing list to decide what to
do upstream. Running "xrandr --output VGA-0 --off" does fix this until X
restarts. I haven't bothered working out the exact xorg.conf changes to
fix this.

The problem arises because VGA output is now enabled by default even if
no external monitor is attached, and for some reason it has a resolution
of 1152x768 (not 1024x768). So, it's as if I'm using an external monitor
that's slightly bigger than the laptop screen, and the mouse carries on
past the right-hand edge of the display.

With metacity, windows still maximise to the correct size (but Fitts'
law is broken), and with simpler window managers (e.g. evilwm) the
windows maximise to the size of the virtual screen.

I suspect that either:
      * the commit that caused this needs to be backed out,
      * the default VGA resolution needs changing (hacky), or
      * external monitor detection for the Xpress cards needs to be
        added as soon as possible.

I'll reopen the upstream bug report.

-- 
Tim Retout <tim at retout.co.uk>
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