On 01/10/11 07:54, Harry Putnam wrote: <snipped>
> My objective is to have a panning desktop. That is, a size that is > larger than my monitor by a fair bit. > > After tinkering exessively, I'm no nearer to having that panning > desktop than before, although I've created some interesting setups and > very odd setups. I'm not sure that's advisable.... but it 'should' be OK. Caveat: Keith Packard is a brilliant programmer, but I don't think you can expect a refund if you manage to screw a card or display ;-p > > It would seem that a command like this: > > xrandr --output DVI-I-1 --panning 2880x1800 Yes - it's the basis of the correct parameters - best to determine requirements and device capabilities. See further down this post. <snipped> Hence my "do not use" "example" :-) NOTE: sending new emails using the same subject breaks the thread and makes it difficult to re-read all the posts trying to get all the relevant information. What Debian release are you running? $ cat /etc/issue <snipped> > It all starts with the command `xrandr' <by itself> Should be:- # xrandr -q (or # "xrandr -q --verbose") <snipped> > Machine: (custom older) Celeron single core 3.02 Ghz > 2 GB Ram > Video Card: MSI Nvidia FX 5700LE 256m ram > Monitor: Asus 25.5 inch LCD > native resolution: 1900 x 1280 Thankyou. > > ------- --------- ---=--- --------- -------- > Xrandr output > > xrandr > > 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) ^^ Do you use VGA out? If so please provide monitor/display information. > 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* <snipped> Do you want 1440x900 resolution? > TV-1 connected 720x576+1440+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm > x 0mm > 720x576 50.0*+ > 1024x768 50.0 <snipped> Are you happy with only 720x576 resolution on the TV-out? 1024x768 is possible. > > xwininfo output: > > xwininfo: Window id: 0x140001d "x-nautilus-desktop" > <snipped> You wanted 2048x1536 for panning - I'm not certain that's possible without losing accelerated 3D and reduced colour depth. I also don't know you card, so can't advise as to it's ability to do DVI and VGA and TV simultaneously. What do you get from:- $ cvt -v 1440 900 $ cvt -v 1680 1050 $ cvt -v 2048 1536 # get-edid | parse-edid You may need to install read-edid (for get-edid and parse-edid). cvt is part of xserver-xorg-core. When you post the missing information I should be able to give you the xrandr parameters you need. If you are in a hurry - "man xrandr" and "man X" are good places to find relevant information. 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/4e86955f.5040...@gmail.com
