i915 limited to 1280x1280? (muli display question)

[Remy Bosch]

Remy Bosch wrote:
> Barry Scott wrote:
>   
>> Remy Bosch wrote: 
>>     
>>> 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.
>>>       
>> 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?
>   

Just my luck. I just ran xawtv and hardware scaling doesn't work
(grabdisplay). :(

Remy