On 30/09/11 10:55, Harry Putnam wrote: > For many years I've been able to get a really big desktop, so big you > have to pan around on it. I used some code in xorg.conf to do it, but > now that X and desktops are generated quite a lot different. I don't > begin to understand the process but would like to find a way to get my > old high resolution desk back. > > The way its done in xorg.conf is with a single line of code in a sub > section of a screen subsection. Looks like this: > > ,---- > | Section "Screen" > | > | [...] > | > | Subsection "Display" > | Depth 24 > | Modes "1280x1024" #"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > | Virtual 2048 1536 > | ViewPort 0 0 > | EndSubsection > | > | EndSection > `---- > Note the line that says `Virtual 2048 1536' > > That doesn't look all that big anymore since monitors have gotten so > big but its still more than most monitors can display. > > With that in xorg.conf... I'd have a desktop of that size.... but when > I try to use the xorg.conf on this brand new install of debian wheezy > it just gums up the works... and can't get to X at all. > > Is there some way to get a `Virtual' resolution using whatever > techniques are now employed to generate our desktops? > > >
Yes xrandr --panning *Just an example - DO NOT use on your monitor/screen* eg:- xrandr --output LVDS --panning 2048x1536 If you are running KDE and have KRandR installed - take a look at:- ~/.kde/share/config/krandrrc as a reference. 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/4e851d6b.7090...@gmail.com
