I was enabled, but I can see I was a bit too quick. In the end it only
worked with the xfce desktop. The Gnome desktop still doesn't work - at all.



On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 6:58 PM, Andcor <email address hidden> wrote:

> Was that with or without desktop effects enabled?
>
> --
> [i945GM] dual screen not working with virtual resolution enabled: just a
> blank screen with a mouse pointer
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/383345
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> of the bug.
>
> Status in X.org xf86-video-intel: Confirmed
> Status in “xserver-xorg-video-intel” package in Ubuntu: Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-intel
>
> I have a dual screen setup:
>  * Dell Latitude's D820 own screen (1680x1050)
>  * a LG secondary monitor (1280x1024)
>
> To enable dual screen, I had to add
>        SubSection "Display"
>                Virtual 2960 1065
>        EndSubSection
> in Section "Screen" of /etc/X11/xorg.conf (this was added automatically by
> the "Display" applet).
>
> I just ran a dist-upgrade which brought a new kernel:
>   Linux lethe 2.6.30-7-generic #8-Ubuntu SMP Mon May 25 13:53:42 UTC 2009
> i686 GNU/Linux
> and a new xserver-xorg-video-intel:
>   gringo@lethe:~$ apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-video-intel
>   xserver-xorg-video-intel: 2:2.7.99.1+git20090602.ec2fde7c-0ubuntu1
>
> I rebooted the system, and after the system started I was left with a blank
> background and a working mouse pointer (by working I mean I can move it
> around and between the screens).
>
> I Alt+Ctlr+F2'd and tried a few times to restart gdm but found the same
> result.
> I removed the Subsection I mentioned above from xorg.conf and restarted gdm
> again. This time the menu and task-bar have loaded, but the screens are
> mirrored.
>
> I proceeded to setting them as separate screens in the "Display" applet
> (from System->Preferences). I was notified that the "Virtual" line was going
> to be added to xorg.conf and that I should log out and in again, which I
> did. Unfortunately I had the same blank screen with functional mouse
> pointer.
>
> I mention that I do not have Desktop Effects enabled as they are not
> supported in combination with the "Virtual" line in xorg.conf for my card:
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS,
> 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Wed Jun  3 23:21:33 2009
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
> MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude D820
> Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.7.99.1+git20090602.ec2fde7c-0ubuntu1
> ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=04f2beb3-eaec-4174-bbd9-5d37c19979fb ro quiet splash
> ProcEnviron:
>  PATH=(custom, no user)
>  LANG=ro_RO.UTF-8
>  SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.30-7.8-generic
> RelatedPackageVersions:
>  xserver-xorg 1:7.4~5ubuntu20
>  libgl1-mesa-glx 7.4.1-1ubuntu1
>  libdrm2 2.4.11-0ubuntu1
>  xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.7.99.1+git20090602.ec2fde7c-0ubuntu1
>  xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.2-1ubuntu1
> SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> Uname: Linux 2.6.30-7-generic i686
> dmi.bios.date: 10/13/2006
> dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
> dmi.bios.version: A04
> dmi.board.name: 0GF470
> dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
> dmi.chassis.type: 8
> dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA04:bd10/13/2006:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeD820:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0GF470:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
> dmi.product.name: Latitude D820
> dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
> fglrx: Not loaded
> fglrx-loaded: Error: command ['grep', 'fglrx', '/var/log/kern.log',
> '/proc/modules'] failed with exit code 1:
> system:
>  distro:             Ubuntu
>  architecture:       i686kernel:             2.6.30-7-generic
>