Can't get dual screen to work

[pieter557]

Thanks, that worked!
Too bad i can't use compiz with it
but oh well, that's not really necessary :p

On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 4:28 PM, Marius Gedminas <marius at pov.lt> wrote:

> On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 04:03:20PM +0200, pieter557 wrote:
> > I have added the subsection into the xorg.conf file.
> > But I still can't put them next to each other. I can choose the
> > 1680x1050resolution on my external display now. Anything lower and it
> > doesn't seem to work.
> > Now they're just cloned with the second at 1680x1050 and the laptop
> display
> > at 1280x800 on which i can only see a part of the screen.
> > ( It's the same with the second at 1280x1024 )
>
> If you want to have the screens side by side, you need
>
>   Virtual 2960 1050
>
> in your xorg.conf.  Or if you want to have one screen above the other,
> you'll need
>
>   Virtual 1680 1850
>
> To have both options, use
>
>   Virtual 2960 1850
>
> instead.  You might waste some video memory that way, but it shouldn't
> matter too much.
>
> In any case, with two screens this size you desktop crosses the
> 2048-pixel limit and you won't be able to use 3D effects normally, like
> I said in my previous email.
>
> Personally, I have the same kind of laptop (1280x800, Intel GM965,
> although mine is a Thinkpad T61), and I use it with an external
> 1280x1024 monitor, with the desktops side by side.
>
> Regards,
> Marius Gedminas
> --
> (mental note: stop installing red hat. everytime i do so, it takes ages to
> fix
> my system again.)
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