i915 limited to 1280x1280? (muli display question)

[Remy Bosch]

Barry Scott wrote:
> 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.
>   

Got a private mail on the virtual idea as well. It works, but as I
feared, the desktop is extended. Is xinemera the only way to have two
desktops on one system?


Thanks for the suggestions!

Remy