Bug 22176 - xf86-video-ati 6.12.1 / Radeon Xpress 200m / KDE and others not receiving correct information about external monitor resolutions
Summary: xf86-video-ati 6.12.1 / Radeon Xpress 200m / KDE and others not receiving cor...
Status: CLOSED NOTOURBUG
Alias: None
Product: xorg
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Driver/Radeon (show other bugs)
Version: 7.2 (2007.02)
Hardware: Other All
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Assignee: Xorg Project Team
QA Contact: Xorg Project Team
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Reported: 2009-06-09 08:16 UTC by Tatsh
Modified: 2009-11-11 11:43 UTC (History)
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KDE, kicker not stretched to maximum resolution (294.55 KB, image/jpeg)
2009-06-09 08:16 UTC, Tatsh 		no flags Details
xorg.conf (5.14 KB, text/plain)
2009-06-09 08:17 UTC, Tatsh 		no flags Details
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Description Tatsh 2009-06-09 08:16:57 UTC 
Created attachment 26586 [details]
KDE, kicker not stretched to maximum resolution

When I load KDE for example, the Kicker is 1280 pixels wide instead of the external monitor's 1440 pixels. The monitor is set to that resolution yet KDE still thinks maximum resolution is 1280x800, my laptop LCD's native resolution. So wherever KDE is retrieving resolution information is only getting that and is not getting the data that xrandr gets:

Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1440 x 900, maximum 1440 x 1200
VGA-0 connected 1440x900+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 408mm x 255mm
   1440x900       59.9*+   75.0     60.0  
   1400x1050      60.0  
   1280x1024      75.0     60.0     60.0  
   1280x960       60.0     60.0  
   1152x864       75.0     75.0  
   1024x768       75.1     75.0     70.1     66.0     60.0  
   832x624        74.6  
   800x600        72.2     75.0     60.3     56.2  
   640x480        75.0     72.8     72.8     75.0     66.7     66.0     60.0     59.9  
   720x400        70.1  

The proprietary drivers gave the correct information to X and KDE.

Screenshot, xorg.conf attached.
Comment 1 Tatsh 2009-06-09 08:17:52 UTC 
Created attachment 26587 [details]
xorg.conf
Comment 2 Alex Deucher 2009-11-11 11:09:12 UTC 
The Kicker is limiting itself to the size of the smaller of the two heads.  This is a configuration issue not a driver issue.

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