One more thing: the problem does not exist when I turn Compiz off. Without Compiz, I can run the second screen at up to 1152x864 (see #486072) to the right of the LCD. The attached screenshot shows the external screen running at 1024x768, with the framebuffer width that doesn't work with Compiz.
** Attachment added: "Screenshot at 2048x768" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/37288390/Screenshot.png -- Setting up dual-head of exactly 2048 pixels wide ends up with a black screen. Setting it up with more than 2048 pixels crashes X https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/486056 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp