1680 x 1050 with intel driver?

[Louis E Garcia II]

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