[Hardy] how to extend desktop with intel driver
Bug #200965 reported by
Johannes Schmid
This bug report was converted into a question: question #26807: [Hardy] how to extend desktop with intel driver.
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xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
When I updated to hardy, first the default resolution changed from 1280x800 to 1024x768 though this could be fixed using the configuration applet. (just a bit annoying...)
But, setting the screen resolution of a second monitor to 1680x1080 was not possible, maximum resolution was 1280x800. 915resolution would have fixed it but it cannot be installed together with the newer intel driver.
In addition it would be nice to be able to add an options for Xinerama in the applet instead of defaulting to clone.
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The new Intel driver doesn't need 915resolution anymore since it recognizes wide screen resolution on its own and Xinerama isn't supported anymore because it was replaced with xrandr.
I guess the problem is your old xorg.conf. Please regenerate a new one with the command "sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" and restart X.
If it still happens please provide the following information:
/etc/X11/xorg.conf
/var/log/Xorg.0.log
output of lspci -vvnn
output of sudo ddcprobe
output of xrandr
Maybe the Virtual limitation could be a problem. How do you want to configure your second monitor? Clone mode, left or right of or something like that?