Re: xorg problem--dual-head, Debian vs. Ubuntu
On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:53:48 -0400 (EDT), Jesse Sheidlower wrote:
>
> Hi. I'm running Debian unstable on a Lenovo T60. I'd like to
> run this dual-head with an external monitor, but have been
> having some problems that I tried to solve but eventually gave
> up on because I'm so lousy with X configuration. However, I
> recently discovered that things work fine out-of-the-box with
> Ubuntu 9.10, running on the same computer (via a live USB
> stick). So I'm wondering if there's some way to figure out why
> there's a difference, and whether I can get the Debian system
> working in the same way.
>
> The T60 has a Radeon X1300 card; the built-in monitor runs at
> 1400 x 1050. I'm trying to attach a 1280 x 1024 external
> monitor through the VGA port. I'm running Xorg 1.7.5, and I do
> not have an xorg.conf at all, I'm letting Xorg generate the
> configuration. When I plug in the external monitor, and run
> Display Preferences to try to set up the two displays, I get a
> popup message reading "The selected configuration for displays
> could not be applied[:] required virtual size does not fit
> available size: requested=(2680,1050), minimum=(320, 200),
> maximum=(1400, 1400)".
>
> I've Googled this and found a few bug reports that don't,
> however, clarify what's going on.
>
> But the notable thing for me is that running Ubuntu 9.10,
> which is running Xorg 1.6.4, this Just Works, with everything
> else identical--same hardware, same lack of xorg.conf file,
> etc.
>
> I'd be grateful for any suggestions. I'd vastly prefer _not_
> to have to start messing around with the configuration file,
> because apart from this one issue, I don't seem to need one,
> and Ubuntu doesn't seem to need it either.
Please post your entire /var/log/Xorg.0.log file from the
failing system.
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.''`. Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com>
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