Andrew Archibald wrote: > > > On a recent fresh install of Lenny, xorg does not start in 1600x1200 > > Do you know if the bug occured with older versions of the driver? > Could you try some of them by looking at http://snapshot.debian.net ? > > > I had trouble getting the older ones there to install because of dpkg > conflicts. So I installed Etch and it gave similar results: > > (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (exceeds panel dimensions) > > (II) NV(0): Not using mode "1600x1200" (no mode of this name) > > Does it work better if you plug only one of the monitors? Can you try > both monitor alone, and try each of them plugged on each output? > > > I have now tried all 4 combinations and the monitors always come up > with 1280x1024 rather than 1600x1200.
Ok, assuming this never worked, the question (as usual with the nv driver) is whether upstream/nvidia may make this work one day. > By the way, if you're feeling a bit adventurous, you could you the > "nouveau" driver in experimental. > > > I tried to install xserver-xorg-video-nouveau, which wouldn't install > without linux-nouveau-modules. To resolve this I worked out (from > reading around) that I should install drm-modules-source and run 'm-a > a-i drm-modules'. This failed so I followed the advice in bug 496134 > to get it working. > > With driver "nouveau", by default, I get 1600x1200 on both screens! > xrandr even sees the individual screens Great, thanks for testing. It's good to see that nouveau is getting test more and more, and that people are happy with it. > although they show the same output by default, and aren't usefully > combined into a dualhead large desktop. I get the following error on > trying to use xrandr. I haven't had a chance to try it yet, but it > looks like I might be able to address this with a "virtual" line in > xorg.conf. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xrandr --output DVI-D-0 --left-of DVI-D-1 > xrandr: screen cannot be larger than 1600x1600 (desired size 3200x1200) Yes, you need Virtual 3200 1200. Brice -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
