Intel 915GM dual screen (1280x1024 and 1024x768)

Jeff Voskamp javoskam at uwaterloo.ca
Thu Nov 6 19:27:00 UTC 2008


Peter Langfelder wrote:
> Valent,
> according to what I read, e.g., here
> http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Xorg_RandR_1.2#Notes_from_xserver-xorg-video-intel.readme,
> the Intel GM cards before 965 only have 11 bit addresses for pixels
> and hence can only do 2048 pixels in either direction. Intel simply
> made a stupid design decision.
>
> Peter
Under Fedora 9 I had a perfectly happy 1680x1050+1600x1200 (3280total) 
on two monitors.
Still have the xorg.conf file for it.

Jeff Voskamp




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