Plugged in my 22″ LCD with 1680×1050 to my EeePC at home. Add Viirtual 2704 1050 (2704 = 1024 + 1680) and wrote a script with xrandr, it could be displayed.
However, due to possible weak processing power of Intel integrated chips with Atom CPU, fps is not enough during scrolling in firefox.
Tested with some combination, such as an off for built in LCD and 1680×1050 for external one but no luck. The followings is the best satisfied scenario:
xorg.conf:
Virtual 1440 900
xrandr:
- off LVDS.
- on VGA 1440×900.
Only this provides me satisfied speed with default Gnome + Metacity on Fedora 9.
Tags: 1000h, 1050, 1680, atom, cpu, eeepc, fedora, firefox, fps, gnome, graphics, intel, limit, metacity, resolution, virtual, xorg.conf, xrandr
Good to know, I have only 1680 monitor and it wont play nice with 1440, I have tried it. So EEE will not do the job. BR/BR/Thanks
You can still try 1280 or lower. 1680 is not extremely bad, I demand smoothness because I am trying to do digital painting.
This is true of all Intel 915 and 945 chips. Acceleration doesn’t work to surfaces wider than 2048 pixels.
Hi ajaxxx, thx so much for your info. :)BR/BR/I’ll try vertical layout then.