On Thursday 04 November 2010 21:36:46 Florian Philipp wrote: > Am 04.11.2010 21:17, schrieb Mick: > [...] > > > Then I ran xrandr again as Florian suggested and this is what it shows: > > > > $ xrandr --output DVI-0 --auto <--this gives 1920x1080 > > $ xrandr --output DVI-0 --right-of-VGA-0 --verbose > > xrandr: screen cannot be larger than 1920x1920 (desired size 3200x1080) > > > > As a result it does not place the DVI on the right of the VGA driven > > monitor. Can you please explain this error to me - why does it complain? > > Hmm, do you still have an xorg.conf file or changed settings in > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d? If you have, can you post it please? > > I think it is related to the > 'SubSection "Device" > Virtual xdim ydim' > setting but I'm not sure. In any case, if I were you, I'd try running > without any xorg.conf and see whether auto-configuration can handle it. > Oh, and if you are still on x11-base/xorg-server-1.7.*, please try > x11-base/xorg-server-1.8.2 with USE="udev -hal"
Thanks again Florian, I do not have an xorg.conf. I am running x11-base/xorg-server-1.7.7-r1. I have been waiting on 1.8.2 to go stable. Googling around I suspect I know what the error is: $ xrandr -q Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 1024, maximum 1920 x 1920 is telling me that my ATI X600 can only do a max of 1920 x 1920. Above that I will need to set up a virtual screen (and it won't be able to do dri). Without an xorg.conf file it is failing because it is not given a virtual screen to expand its physical capability beyond 1920x1920. Any idea if I can set up a virtual screen using the .fdi files? Otherwise it is time for me to upgrade to 1.8.2 or perhaps 1.9.2? -- Regards, Mick
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