Bug#483314: xserver-xorg-video-intel: [945GM] Wrong resolution used for external monitor

2008-05-28 Thread Sander Marechal
Julien Cristau wrote: > On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 23:40:11 +0200, Sander Marechal wrote: > >> That appears to me as quite a regression for laptop users. Especially >> today on newer laptops with all the non-standard widescreen display sizes. >> > I consider it quite an improvement as a laptop user,

Bug#483314: xserver-xorg-video-intel: [945GM] Wrong resolution used for external monitor

2008-05-28 Thread Julien Cristau
On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 23:40:11 +0200, Sander Marechal wrote: > That appears to me as quite a regression for laptop users. Especially > today on newer laptops with all the non-standard widescreen display sizes. > I consider it quite an improvement as a laptop user, so clearly this is not as clea

Bug#483314: xserver-xorg-video-intel: [945GM] Wrong resolution used for external monitor

2008-05-28 Thread Sander Marechal
Brice Goglin wrote: > Sander Marechal wrote: It's not a bug, it's a feature :) It is > recommended that you do NOT use Fn+F8 or so because they may do > things in the back of the driver and thus break things. New Xserver > and drivers enable all outputs by default. You can disable some of > them at

Bug#483314: xserver-xorg-video-intel: [945GM] Wrong resolution used for external monitor

2008-05-28 Thread Sander Marechal
Julien Cristau writes: Your desktop is 1400x1050, because that's the dimension of the biggest connected output. I just opened my lid and indeed, my laptop screen is on and shows the desktop. So this is expected then. Note that my laptop lid is closed. You can tell X (through xrandr) to tu

Bug#483314: xserver-xorg-video-intel: [945GM] Wrong resolution used for external monitor

2008-05-28 Thread Sander Marechal
Julien Cristau writes: On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 12:25:26 +0200, Sander Marechal wrote: I have a Dell D520 laptop with an Intel 945GM chipset. The internal 15" screen has a resolution of 1400x1050. When I hook up an external monitor (A bog standard Dell 17" TFT, model no. 1704FPTt) then the inte

Bug#483314: xserver-xorg-video-intel: [945GM] Wrong resolution used for external monitor

2008-05-28 Thread Julien Cristau
On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 16:22:40 +0200, Sander Marechal wrote: > Julien Cristau writes: > >> On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 12:25:26 +0200, Sander Marechal wrote: >> >>> I have a Dell D520 laptop with an Intel 945GM chipset. The internal 15" >>> screen has a resolution of 1400x1050. When I hook up an e

Bug#483314: xserver-xorg-video-intel: [945GM] Wrong resolution used for external monitor

2008-05-28 Thread Julien Cristau
On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 12:25:26 +0200, Sander Marechal wrote: > I have a Dell D520 laptop with an Intel 945GM chipset. The internal 15" > screen has a resolution of 1400x1050. When I hook up an external monitor > (A bog standard Dell 17" TFT, model no. 1704FPTt) then the intel driver > correctly