Re: Panning a virtual desktop using a touchscreen and stylus

2015-04-17 Thread Daniel Harris
mistake > > > > I am currently running windows which I hate but the stylus works > perfectly > > under onenote. I have a second larger screen connected but the > resolution > > is the same as the surface screen so still too small. > > > > I am a long time

Re: Panning a virtual desktop using a touchscreen and stylus

2015-04-17 Thread Eike Lantzsch
stake > > I am currently running windows which I hate but the stylus works perfectly > under onenote. I have a second larger screen connected but the resolution > is the same as the surface screen so still too small. > > I am a long time debian user but for ease of use I installe

Fwd: Panning a virtual desktop using a touchscreen and stylus

2015-04-17 Thread Daniel Harris
-- Forwarded message -- From: Daniel Harris Date: Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 11:38 AM Subject: Re: Panning a virtual desktop using a touchscreen and stylus To: Lisi Reisz Sorry posted to early by mistake I am currently running windows which I hate but the stylus works perfectly

Re: Panning a virtual desktop using a touchscreen and stylus

2015-04-17 Thread Lisi Reisz
for ease of use I installed Ubuntu onto an external HDD connected to the surface and it seems to work pretty good although the stylus calibration is pretty poor compared to windows but I can live with it if I can get the virtual desktop setup to work. so the ideal setup is: surface pro physical scree

Re: Panning a virtual desktop using a touchscreen and stylus

2015-04-17 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 17 April 2015 10:31:00 Daniel Harris wrote: > Hello > > My eyesight is getting pretty bad so I need a way to create a large virtual > screen bigger than my actual display and have the same effect that panning > around the desktop using the mouse has but using a stylus to achieve the > sam

Panning a virtual desktop using a touchscreen and stylus

2015-04-17 Thread Daniel Harris
Hello My eyesight is getting pretty bad so I need a way to create a large virtual screen bigger than my actual display and have the same effect that panning around the desktop using the mouse has but using a stylus to achieve the same effect. The stylus is the important part. I really need that

RE: Showing only files on a virtual desktop

2010-01-05 Thread Ogya Chief
> > I am not sure what you mean by "files associated with a virtual desktop". > If you want to only see tasks for the active desktop in the task bar, > you can do so by right-clicking on the task bar, "Task Manager > Settings", select "Only show tasks fr

Re: Showing only files on a virtual desktop

2010-01-04 Thread Ansgar Burchardt
Hi, Ogya Chief writes: > I am running sid and kde desktop and I want to see only the files associated > with a particular virtual desktop and not all open files on other virtual > desktops in the panel. I have checked the online kde manual but I did not see > anything on this

Showing only files on a virtual desktop

2010-01-04 Thread Ogya Chief
Hi All, I am running sid and kde desktop and I want to see only the files associated with a particular virtual desktop and not all open files on other virtual desktops in the panel. I have checked the online kde manual but I did not see anything on this issue. Is it possible to do that? I

Re: How do I turn off the Virtual Desktop?

2002-03-05 Thread Richard Cobbe
Lo, on , March 4, O Polite did write: > > > > a. keep hitting "alt +" until it is no longer virtual > > > > I never got this trick to work. Is this behaviour controlled from > XF86Config-4? I can't see anything in there that indicates that. I'm > using KDE. Might standard KDE key settings be h

Re: How do I turn off the Virtual Desktop?

2002-03-04 Thread O Polite
> > a. keep hitting "alt +" until it is no longer virtual > I never got this trick to work. Is this behaviour controlled from XF86Config-4? I can't see anything in there that indicates that. I'm using KDE. Might standard KDE key settings be hiding this behaviour? op

Re: How do I turn off the Virtual Desktop?

2002-03-04 Thread Patrick Kirk
Currently in /etc/X11/XF86Config you have a series of entries along the lines of: Section "Screen" Driver "svga" Device "Generic VGA" Monitor "1" Subsection "Display" Depth 8 ViewPort0 0 Virtual 320 200 EndSubsection EndSectio

Re: How do I turn off the Virtual Desktop?

2002-03-04 Thread Harry Putnam
John Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > SubSection "Display" > Depth 24 > Modes "1024x768" "1280x1024" "640x480" "800x600" > Virtual 1024 768 > Viewport0 0 I hope that helped Peak as much as it did

Re: How do I turn off the Virtual Desktop?

2002-03-03 Thread Harry Putnam
Peak Allan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I want the whole screen visible on my monitor. > > Please cc me since I'm not currently subscribed to debian-user. This won't be much help to you but I want just the reverse. I'm used to having a huge virtual desktop (1

Re: How do I turn off the Virtual Desktop?

2002-03-03 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya a. keep hitting "alt +" until it is no longer virtual b. change /etc/X11/XF86Config[-4] to the largest size it supports c ya alvin On Sun, 3 Mar 2002, Peak Allan wrote: > I want the whole screen visible on my monitor. > > Please cc me since I'm not currently subscribed to debian-user.

Re: How do I turn off the Virtual Desktop?

2002-03-03 Thread John Foster
Peak Allan wrote: > > I want the whole screen visible on my monitor. > > Please cc me since I'm not currently subscribed to debian-user. --- edit your etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file to something like this to control the desktop size.

Re: How do I turn off the Virtual Desktop?

2002-03-03 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Sun, 3 Mar 2002, Peak Allan wrote: > I want the whole screen visible on my monitor. > > Please cc me since I'm not currently subscribed to debian-user. You would only reduce the total area of your desktop by doing that. I'm not sure how this is desirable. -- Baloo

Re: How do I turn off the Virtual Desktop?

2002-03-03 Thread Eric G. Miller
h to a lower resolution while in X, you'll still get that virtual desktop size. Just the way X is... -- Eric G. Miller

How do I turn off the Virtual Desktop?

2002-03-03 Thread Peak Allan
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Re: Virtual Desktop

2001-02-20 Thread Brendan O'Connor
l Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 4:06 PM > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Subject: Virtual Desktop > > > > > > I just bought Railroad Tycoon II for Linux. It only runs at 1024x

Re: Virtual Desktop

2001-02-20 Thread Andrei Ivanov
Whenever you are doing the xf86config (or your other favorite X config), when you get to the last screen where you are supposed to change video modes for color depths, just go ahead and change them. Once you specify the video mode for a color depth, it'll ask you wehther you want the vi

RE: Virtual Desktop

2001-02-20 Thread techlists
st the virtual entry to 1024 768 > > good luck, > > joris > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 4:06 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Virtual Desktop > > > I just bough

Virtual Desktop

2001-02-20 Thread techlists
I just bought Railroad Tycoon II for Linux. It only runs at 1024x768. My Laptop will only do 800x600, I'm running woody, XF864.0.2, KDE 2.0. How do I make my Virtual Desktop 1024x768, so I can play this on my Laptop. It runs fine on my Desktop, I guess it serves me right for going w

Re: Virtual Desktop

2000-04-11 Thread Oki DZ
On Tue, 11 Apr 2000, Dan Hutchinson wrote: > How do you change to virtual desktop in X Windows to the same physical > size of your monitor. I have tried running xf86config and I get the > display with a Stealth 3D 2000 PRO In /etc/XF86Config: Section "Screen"

Re: Virtual Desktop

2000-04-11 Thread Oswald Buddenhagen
> How do you change to virtual desktop in X Windows to the same physical > size of your monitor. I have tried running xf86config and I get the > display with a Stealth 3D 2000 PRO but the actual desktop is always smaller > then the virtual desktop. > the virtual desktop will alway

Virtual Desktop

2000-04-11 Thread Dan Hutchinson
Thanks for everyones help with Xwindows and loading debian from floppies/cdroms. I have a simple question now. How do you change to virtual desktop in X Windows to the same physical size of your monitor. I have tried running xf86config and I get the display with a Stealth 3D 2000 PRO but the

Virtual desktop

2000-03-10 Thread Hans
BlankTime 0 SuspendTime 0 OffTime 0 SubSection "Display" Depth8 Modes"800x600" "640x480" "1024x768" EndSubSection ...and so on. When I start X it comes up 800x600 in 16kbit color depth. Great. However the

X-Windows virtual desktop and screen corruption

1999-08-09 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello list, I'm running X-Windows and fvwm2 at 800x600x8 using the Frame Buffer Device but I would like to disable the virtual desktop feature. I tried setting the values for 'Virtual' to 800 600 (from the default 1152 900 - which worked ok) in the 'Display' SubSection o

Re: Virtual Desktop in X HELP

1998-08-02 Thread Mark Harrison
Rick Smith wrote: > > Hi > > As you will get form this I am definatley a NEWBIE, I am having a problem > shutting off the Virtual desktop in X I just want all my desktop in one > viewing area... I am running a Diamond 3d2000 and a Princeton monitor > (ultra 15) amd I am u

Virtual Desktop in X HELP

1998-08-02 Thread Rick Smith
Hi As you will get form this I am definatley a NEWBIE, I am having a problem shutting off the Virtual desktop in X I just want all my desktop in one viewing area... I am running a Diamond 3d2000 and a Princeton monitor (ultra 15) amd I am using th eSVGA Xserver.. All help will be greatley

Re: Virtual Desktop Size

1998-01-26 Thread Markus Lechner
Catalin Popescu wrote: > How can I setup the Desktop Size under X to be not greater than the > physical size of my monitor? > Run the script xf86config - it should be what you want to start. Otherwise edit the resulting file directly, it's location is /etc/X11/XF86Config. At the end of this file

Re: Virtual Desktop Size

1998-01-26 Thread Daniel Mashao
On Sun, 25 Jan 1998, Catalin Popescu wrote: > How can I setup the Desktop Size under X to be not greater than the > physical size of my monitor? Look at the /etc/X11/XF86Config file under Subsection "Display" and set the Virtual to wanted numbers. > > How can I setup applications to make them sta

Virtual Desktop Size

1998-01-25 Thread Catalin Popescu
How can I setup the Desktop Size under X to be not greater than the physical size of my monitor? How can I setup applications to make them start in a window with the upper-left corner in the upper-left corner of my monitor? Catalin Popescu