On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:53:48 -0400 (EDT), Jesse Sheidlower wrote: > > Hi. I'm running Debian unstable on a Lenovo T60. I'd like to > run this dual-head with an external monitor, but have been > having some problems that I tried to solve but eventually gave > up on because I'm so lousy with X configuration. However, I > recently discovered that things work fine out-of-the-box with > Ubuntu 9.10, running on the same computer (via a live USB > stick). So I'm wondering if there's some way to figure out why > there's a difference, and whether I can get the Debian system > working in the same way. > > The T60 has a Radeon X1300 card; the built-in monitor runs at > 1400 x 1050. I'm trying to attach a 1280 x 1024 external > monitor through the VGA port. I'm running Xorg 1.7.5, and I do > not have an xorg.conf at all, I'm letting Xorg generate the > configuration. When I plug in the external monitor, and run > Display Preferences to try to set up the two displays, I get a > popup message reading "The selected configuration for displays > could not be applied[:] required virtual size does not fit > available size: requested=(2680,1050), minimum=(320, 200), > maximum=(1400, 1400)". > > I've Googled this and found a few bug reports that don't, > however, clarify what's going on. > > But the notable thing for me is that running Ubuntu 9.10, > which is running Xorg 1.6.4, this Just Works, with everything > else identical--same hardware, same lack of xorg.conf file, > etc. > > I'd be grateful for any suggestions. I'd vastly prefer _not_ > to have to start messing around with the configuration file, > because apart from this one issue, I don't seem to need one, > and Ubuntu doesn't seem to need it either.
Please post your entire /var/log/Xorg.0.log file from the failing system. -- .''`. Stephen Powell <zlinux...@wowway.com> : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1991406253.19208881268666049394.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
