i915 limited to 1280x1280? (muli display question)

[Barry Scott]

Remy Bosch wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I try to get a second display working on the VGA output with xrandr, but
> I only get a clone. To be able to park windows on second display, I
> would like to create a screen0 of 1280x2080, but can't. Xrandr reports
> that the limit is 1280x1280.
>
> I did the following after plugging VGA in:
> remy at ReboliLaptop ~ $ xrandr --output VGA --auto
> remy at ReboliLaptop ~ $ xrandr --output VGA --above LVDS
> xrandr: screen cannot be larger than 1280x1280 (desired size 1280x1568)
>
> Xorg.conf is enclosed.
> What are my options?
>
> I use xrandr-1.2 with intel-2.0 drivers and xserver-1.3.0.0 on gentoo.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Remy
>   
My guess is that the virtual screen size is too small. Add virtual to 
the screen section that
is large enough for 1280x1568 and see if that works. Or add --fb 
1280x1568 to the xrandr
commands.

Barry