1680 x 1050 with intel driver?
Louis E Garcia II
louisg00 at bellsouth.net
Sun Oct 21 22:06:05 PDT 2007
On Mon, 2007-10-22 at 00:55 -0400, Louis E Garcia II wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-10-22 at 04:38 +0100, Peter Clifton wrote:
> > On Sun, 2007-10-21 at 23:17 -0400, Louis E Garcia II wrote:
> >
> > > I finally got my 24" monitor though not the same brand, it is an LG.
> > >
> > > I am not able to configure this monitor with my laptop under linux as I
> > > can with Windows. My laptop runs at 1280x800 and my new monitor at
> > > 1920x1200. I am able to view one at a time in their native resolutions
> > > but trying to bring up X with two different resolutions fails. Is this a
> > > limitation of X or the intel driver?
> > >
> > > Second I would like to use my new monitor as an extension of my laptop
> > > but all I can see is the same desktop on both screens. I have tried the
> > > Xinerama option under ServerLayout but it freezes my who laptop.
> >
> > Configuring this at runtime, try something like:
> > xrandr --output DVI --right-of LVDS
> >
> > (I'm assuming the output names are DVI for your external, and LVDS most
> > likely be what the laptop's internal display is).
> >
> > For more information, and for how to set this up in your xorg.conf once
> > you've found how you like it, take a look at this guide:
> > http://www.intellinuxgraphics.org/dualhead.html
> >
> > Peter Clifton
>
> Thanks for the website. I have been able to get further along. This is
> my current xorg.conf. X comes up with the proper modes on each monitor
> but my desktop is on the VGA monitor and half on the LVDS. I would like
> the desktop to be on the LVDS alone with the vga just empty where I can
> drag windows on.
>
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "intel 945GM"
> Driver "intel"
> Option "monitor-LVDS" "Laptop"
> Option "monitor-VGA" "VGA"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Laptop"
> Option "PreferredMode" "1280x800"
> Option "Position" "0 0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "VGA"
> Option "LeftOf" "Laptop"
> Option "PreferredMode" "1920x1200"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Default Screen"
> Device "intel 945GM"
> Monitor "VGA"
> DefaultDepth 24
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 24
> Modes "1280x800"
> Virtual 3120 1200
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
Should be Monitor "Laptop" in the Screen section. I get the same
result though.
-Louis
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