On 01/10/11 05:38, Harry Putnam wrote: > Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> writes: > >>> Is there some way to get a `Virtual' resolution using whatever >>> techniques are now employed to generate our desktops? >> >> Yes, I would try to set it with xrandr: >> >> http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12 > > some (alot) of that is pretty confusing to me.
Unless you're running a Thinkpad it's not relevant. > > It seems to say running `xrandr' by itself will show the current mode. > Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1440 x 900, maximum 4096 x 4096 > VGA-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) > DVI-I-1 connected 1440x900+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) > 550mm x 340mm > 1280x1024 75.0 60.0 > 1440x900 59.9* > 1280x960 60.0 > 1152x864 75.0 > 1024x768 75.1 70.1 60.0 > 832x624 74.6 > 800x600 72.2 75.0 60.3 56.2 > 640x480 72.8 75.0 66.7 60.0 > 720x400 70.1 > TV-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) > > so for me its 1440x900 > > so trying this: > > sudo xrandr --output DVI-I-1 --mode 1440x900 --fb 2048x1536 \ > --panning 2048x1536 > > And Yup, it worked. Only problem is that its barely any difference. > The monitor is a 25in with resolution of 1900x1280 so I gues 2048x1536 > isn't enough bigger to be very noticable. > > The panning is about 1/8 inch or less. > > So I tried bigger: > sudo xrandr --output DVI-I-1 --mode 1440x900 --fb 4096x2700 --panning > 4096x2700 > > Still no panning. > > The cited url goes on and on about piles of stuff, but does not seem > to discuss what I'm trying to do. > > I thought maybe the panning number has to be bigger than the fb > setting. But the few combos I tried failed: > > sudo xrandr --output DVI-I-1 --mode 1440x900 --fb 2880x1800 --panning > 4096x2700 > X Error of failed request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) > Major opcode of failed request: 150 (RANDR) > Minor opcode of failed request: 29 (RRSetPanning) > Serial number of failed request: 30 > Current serial number in output stream: 30 > > I'm not getting heads or tails from the web page... can you take an > educated guess what might work to give me a fair bit of panning room? > > I'll respond in full to your later post. Cheers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e868733.6050...@gmail.com
