intel gma 950 multihead problems

[Vasily Khoruzhick]

On Tuesday 14 July 2009 11:53:01 Reza Jelveh wrote:
> Hello, I've been trying(quite unsuccessfully) to get my eeepc 1000he to
> run at 1024x600 with my external monitor
> at 1920x1200.
>
> I tried both kernel 2.6.30 and 2.6.31. When I add a virtual line to my
> xorg.conf I get the following error while starting
> X(Virtual 2944 1200):
>
> failed to add fb.
>
> and this in dmesg:
> [drm:drm_mode_addfb] *ERROR* mode new framebuffer width not within limits
>
> i just tried it again in windows and it works perfectly fine...
>
> the x11 version is 1.6.2
> i recently updated the intel driver and xserver from here:
> https://launchpad.net/~xorg-edgers/+archive/ppa
> in hope it would fix anything but no luck
>
> regards,
> Reza

Use xrandr instead of modifying xorg.conf
Consult http://intellinuxgraphics.org/dualhead.html for more info.

Btw, it's impossible to use virtual resolution larger than 2048x2048 on 
pre-965 hardware with DRI enabled: 
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10479

Regards
Vasily
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