Laptop with i915GM

[Julia Garibaldi]

Have you tried xrandr?  It worked really good to me.


2009/2/4 Jean Figueiredo <jfigueiredo at gmail.com>

> Hi Olivier,
>
> I did try with ur config, but doesn't work :(
>
> after the login box, my pc freezen,
>
> i send the error log...
> other way... i have other same laptop (friend) and the dual monitos
> works...
>
> tomorrow i will try the re-size the virtual screen.
>
>
> best regards.
>
> 2009/2/4 Olivier Renault <orenault at redhat.com>
>
>> Jean Figueiredo wrote:
>>
>>> Hello all!
>>>
>>> i have some problem with the dual head... its works just mirror and not
>>> extender desktop...
>>>
>>> so, solutions? anybody knows?
>>>
>>> best regards
>>>
>>> Sorry, my english is very poor..
>>>
>>>  Hi,
>>
>> I have got it working w/ the attached xorg.conf
>>
>> Olivier
>> PS:mine is an i945
>>
>> Section "Device"
>>        Identifier      "Intel 945G "
>>        Driver         "intel"
>>        # Using the name of the output defined by the video driver plus the
>> identifier of a
>>        #     monitor section, one associates a monitor section with an
>> output by adding an
>>        #     option to the Device section in the following format:
>>        #     Option "Monitor-outputname" "monitor ID"
>>        Option          "monitor-VGA" "foo"
>>        Option          "monitor-LVDS" "bar"
>>        #Option         "monitor-TMDS-1" "dvi"
>>
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Monitor"
>>        Identifier      "foo"
>>        Option "PreferredMode"  "1280x1024"
>>        Option "Position" "0 0"
>>
>>        # specifies a mode to be marked as the preferred initial mode of
>> the monitor
>>        # Option "PreferredMode"  "800x600"
>>        # This optional entry specifies the position of the monitor within
>> the X screen.
>>        #Option        "Position" "1024 0"
>>        #This optional entry specifies that the monitor should be ignored
>>        #     entirely, and not reported through RandR.  This is useful if
>> the
>>        #     hardware reports  the  presence  of  outputs  that do not
>> exist.
>>        #Option "Ignore"  "true"
>> EndSection
>>
>>
>>
>> Section "Monitor"
>>        Identifier      "bar"
>>        Option "PreferredMode"  "1024x768"
>>        Option "Enable"  "true"
>>
>>        #Options LeftOf, RightOf, Above, Below specify monitors� relative
>> position
>>        Option "RightOf"  "foo"
>>        # This optional entry specifies  whether  the  monitor  should  be
>>        #     turned  on  at  startup.  By default, the server will attempt
>> to
>>        #     enable all connected monitors.
>>        #Option "Enable"  "true"
>>        #This optional entry specifies the initial rotation of the given
>> monitor.
>>        #     Valid values for rotation are "normal", "left", "right", and
>> "inverted".
>>        # Option "Rotate"  "left"
>> EndSection
>>
>>
>>
>> Section "Screen"
>>        Identifier      "Default Screen"
>>        Device        "Intel Corporation 945G Integrated Graphics
>> Controller"
>>        Monitor       "foo"
>>        DefaultDepth  24
>>        SubSection "Display"
>>                Depth          24
>>                Modes         "1280x1024"  "1024x768"   "640x480"
>>                # This optional entry specifies the virtual screen
>> resolution to be used.
>>                # If this entry is not present, the virtual screen
>> resolution will be set to
>>                # accommodate all the valid video modes given in the Modes
>> entry.
>>                # There is a known issue that DRI doesn't work on pre-965
>> if maximum is larger than 2048x2048.
>>                Virtual                 2304 1024
>>        EndSubSection
>> EndSection
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Cumpris,
> Jean Figueiredo
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