Bug#331518: xserver-xorg: xorg doesn't support multi-resolution xinerama
On Mon, 2005-10-03 at 22:09 +0200, Andreas Pakulat wrote:
>
> It seems like X.org doesn't like my monitor :-( I use a xinerama setup
> with my laptop, where the laptop screen uses it's physical resolution of
> 1680x1050 and an external CRT which is capable of 1600x1200. As a
> mixed-resolution setup creates problems with Xinerama Mode I used to use
> a virtual resolution of 1680x1050 on the CRT too, so I get horizontal
> scrolling.
It's not possible to have 1680x1050 virtual resolution with 1600x1200
physical resolution, see below.
> This worked perfectly with the settings below under xfree86,
> but it's not working anymore with X.org. X11 now makes the CRT 1680x1050
> with a 60Hz refresh rate (which is quite horrible), if I remove the
> Virtual keyword from the CRT-section I get a 1600x1200 size on the
> laptop too, which then makes the panel inaccessible.
>
> I have to reduce the resolution of the CRT to 1280x960 to make this
> work. It seems X.org has a problem with a smaller virtual resolution
> than physical.
I'm afraid you're mixing up physical and virtual resolution and/or using
them inconsistently. Physical resolution refers to what's being
displayed on the monitor, whereas virtual resolution refers to the width
and height of the desktop. The relation
physical resolution <= virtual resolution
is invariant.
Considering this, please rephrase the setup you'd like to achieve.
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