[ltp] 1400x1050 resolution gone after upgrading X on R51

[Alex Deucher]

On 9/25/07, Frank Dekervel|Smartlounge| <frank.dekervel@smartlounge.be> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I now tried to hook up a second monitor, and clone mode seems to work fine.
> But there are some issues:
>
> - dualhead gives
>
> kervel@atlas:~$ xrandr --output VGA-0  --right-of LVDS
> xrandr: screen cannot be larger than 2048x1200 (desired size 3000x1200)
>
> i've read something in the mailinglist archives about adding a "virtual" line,
> but i have no clue further..
>

add a virtual line to the display subsection of the screen section of
your config:
Virtual 3000 1200

> - after suspend/resume, some xrandr commands don't work anymore
> (like --output VGA-0 --off gets just ignored, and the monitor remains on)
>

this is a server bug fixed in xserver 1.4.

> - when in clone mode, one monitor does 1600x1200 and another one (laptop) does
> 1400x1050. the area on the big monitor that is below the visible area on the
> small monitor seems to read from the same video ram as the normal area (if i
> move a window there, fragments of that window appear everywhere). The area on
> the right of the covered area does not have this proble.

Can you get a picture?

Alex