Increasing the frame buffer size

2009-01-06 Thread Dirk Hohndel
I have a laptop with an Intel GM45. When I start X without an external monitor attached, I get a framebuffer size (or maximum screen size) of 1440x1440 as the internal display is 1440x900. So when I try to connect my 24 external display, I can't run it at 1920x1200 - that's not so good. Of

Re: Increasing the frame buffer size

2009-01-06 Thread Keith Packard
On Tue, 2009-01-06 at 08:54 -0800, Dirk Hohndel wrote: So the question is can I increase the size of the framebuffer without restarting X? Or do I have to somehow force a larger virtual display to have enough space prereserved (I tried that in the config file, but a lot of things have

Re: Increasing the frame buffer size

2009-01-06 Thread Dirk Hohndel
On Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:01:21 +0100 Xavier Bestel xavier.bes...@free.fr wrote: You can add a directive in your Xorg config file: Virtual 1920 1200 so that the maximum screen size is correct for you. This used to have to go into the Display SubSection. Which is where I am

Re: Increasing the frame buffer size

2009-01-06 Thread Xavier Bestel
On Tue, 2009-01-06 at 09:10 -0800, Dirk Hohndel wrote: On Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:01:21 +0100 Xavier Bestel xavier.bes...@free.fr wrote: You can add a directive in your Xorg config file: Virtual 1920 1200 so that the maximum screen size is correct for you. This used to have

Re: Increasing the frame buffer size

2009-01-06 Thread Simos Xenitellis
On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 5:10 PM, Dirk Hohndel hohn...@infradead.org wrote: On Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:01:21 +0100 Xavier Bestel xavier.bes...@free.fr wrote: You can add a directive in your Xorg config file: Virtual 1920 1200 so that the maximum screen size is correct for you. This used