[Wylug-help] Dual Screen / Xinerama.

[Gary Stainburn]

On Tuesday 23 June 2009 20:29:30 Gary Stainburn wrote:
>
> All I had to do was run one command. No installations required at all.
>
> xrandr --output DVI0 --mode 1280x1024  --pos 0x0 \
>        --output DVI1 --mode 1280x1024  --pos 1280x0
>
> I then added this as a script in .kde/Autostart and it works every time I
> log in.

Just tried this on my laptop to drive an external screen too. However, it 
doesn't work and I don't se what I've done wrong. Where is this restriction 
coming from?

[root at dcomp5 ~]# xrandr                                                              
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1200, maximum 1920 x 1920                
VGA connected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
   1280x1024      60.0 +   75.0     60.0
   1400x1050      60.0
   1280x960       60.0
   1152x864       75.0
   1024x768       75.0     70.1     60.0
   832x624        74.6
   800x600        72.2     75.0     60.3     56.2
   640x480        75.0     72.8     75.0     59.9
   720x400        70.1
LVDS connected 1920x1200+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 331mm 
x 207mm
   1920x1200      60.0*+
   1600x1200      60.0
   1400x1050      60.0
   1280x1024      60.0
   1280x960       60.0
   1024x768       60.0
   800x600        60.3
   640x480        59.9
TV disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
[root at dcomp5 ~]# xrandr --output LVDS --mode 1920x1200 --pos 0x0  --output 
VGA --mode 1280x1024 --pos 1920x0
xrandr: screen cannot be larger than 1920x1920 (desired size 3200x1200)
[root at dcomp5 ~]# xrandr --output LVDS --mode 1920x1200 --pos 0x0  --output 
VGA --mode 1400x1050 --pos 1920x0
xrandr: screen cannot be larger than 1920x1920 (desired size 3320x1200)
[root at dcomp5 ~]#



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