Driver "intel" refuses _not_ to load DRI as of 7.3+20

[Arian Sanusi <arian@sanusi.de>]

Hi,

I have a HP tc4400 Laptop which sports the 945GM Chipset. Have a Dual 
Monitor Setup, Laptops Screen is 1024x768, TFT is 1280x1024. This 
obviously needs a virtual screen of 2304x1024+ size. With DRI enabled, 
the Intel driver supports only 2048x2048 Screen Size. up to 7.3+19, 
everything worked well with the following lines:
> |Section "Screen"
>    Identifier   "Screen 0"
>    Monitor      "Configured Monitor"
>     SubSection "Display"
>         Depth 24
>         Virtual 4000 2000
>     EndSubSection
> EndSection|
However with the last dist-upgrade 8.4 came, and since then, placing the 
two screens side-by-sideis impossible due to DRI _always_ being loaded. 
I added the following to xorg.conf:

> |Section "Device"
>    Identifier   "Configured Video Device"
>         Option      "DRI" "off"
> EndSection|
which according to man intel should turn dri off. xrandr still returns 
an error about maximum screen size 2048x2048. as xorg.0.log shows DRI is 
loaded, so I guess that it is enabled to.

So what can be done about solving the issue? You guys have any hints? 
You think this is a bug, and should be reported?

Thx in Advance, Arian

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