On Mon, 2006-03-06 at 21:13 +0000, Matthew T. Atkinson wrote: > > It just seems, to me, that X viewports are done at the right layer, as > they seem a lot more efficient. It would be nice if: > > * There could be some communication between X and the window manager so > that focus could be moved to windows that have just popped up (though I > probably would find this annoying, it's what vision-impaired people > migrating from 'doze would expect to have).
The window manager should be able to do this using the XF86VidMode extension. > * The mouse didn't have to move to the very edge of the screen to pan > cross the desktop. This feature, on 'doze screen magnifiers, saves a > lot of arm work. Feel free to file an enhancement request at http://bugs.freedesktop.org . > I imagine the above could be implemented by a relatively simple X > extension, but I have not yet had the time to look into it further. An X server option or key combo might even be sufficient. > > Considering all of the above, and assuming there's only one monitor > > connected to the graphics card, I suspect this is a duplicate of > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=353367 (Radeon 9100 is > > mostly identical to 8500). If so, either of > > > > Option "MonitorLayout" "CRT,NONE" > > Option "MergedFB" "off" > > > > should work around the problem. > > And work it did -- thank you very much! You're welcome, thanks for verifying. I'd like to merge these bugs, but I'm not sure which severity is more appropriate, opinions? -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | Debian (powerpc), X and DRI developer Libre software enthusiast | http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer
