intel driver and max of 2048x2048

[Maarten Maathuis]

On 6/22/08, Peter Robinson <pbrobinson at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
>  Is the intel driver still restricted to a maximum resolution of 2048x2048?
>
>  If so is it possible to be able to reconfigure the max res while still
>  keeping in the 4 million or so pixels to make use of some of the
>  bigger screens now days. EG I have a HP laptop with a screen res of
>  1680x1050, work has just got us all Dell 1680x1050 22inch monitors as
>  they're now so cheap but using xrandr I can't get it to run both so
>  I'm assuming it must be this restriction kicking in. Wondering whether
>  you can use a config option to specify a random combination 3320x1050
>  for eg which would still come in under the mem allocation that
>  2048x2048 does.

This is no memory limitation, just an inability to handle more than 11
bits of coordinate resolution somewhere in the 3d engine iirc. A
possible solution would be to use 2 independent framebuffers, and i'm
quite sure it's on someone's todo list to allow this. But today you'll
have to live with this limitation as far as i know.

>
>  I'm using Fedora 9 which is running xserver 1.4.99.902-3.20080612.fc9
>  and intel driver 2.2.1. Not sure if its been resolved in the later
>  2.3.x series.
>
>  Contoller is  Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express
>  Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
>
>  Cheers,
>  Peter
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