Re: Virtual resolution for desktop

2011-10-01 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 01 Oct 2011 15:56:31 +0100, Brian wrote: > On Sat 01 Oct 2011 at 13:46:37 +, Camaleón wrote: > >> It should be enough with a simple: >> >> xrandr --output DVI-I-1 --panning 2048 1536 >> >> But I can confirm that this is not working while it was months ago so >> unless xrandr now nee

Re: Virtual resolution for desktop

2011-10-01 Thread Brian
On Sat 01 Oct 2011 at 13:46:37 +, Camaleón wrote: > It should be enough with a simple: > > xrandr --output DVI-I-1 --panning 2048 1536 > > But I can confirm that this is not working while it was months ago so > unless xrandr now needs puting things in a different way I dunno what's > goin

Re: Virtual resolution for desktop

2011-10-01 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:38:44 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: > Camaleón 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/HowToR

Re: Virtual resolution for desktop

2011-09-30 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 01/10/11 05:38, Harry Putnam wrote: > Camaleón 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 (

Re: Virtual resolution for desktop

2011-09-30 Thread Brian
On Fri 30 Sep 2011 at 14:38:44 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: > 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? Could be a bug, y'know. It's been known to happen: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?i

Re: Virtual resolution for desktop

2011-09-30 Thread Harry Putnam
Camaleón 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. It seems to

Re: Virtual resolution for desktop

2011-09-30 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:55:13 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: (...) > 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

Re: Virtual resolution for desktop

2011-09-30 Thread Brian
On Fri 30 Sep 2011 at 07:52:23 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: > Scott Ferguson writes: > > > *Just an example - DO NOT use on your monitor/screen* eg:- > > xrandr --output LVDS --panning 2048x1536 > > Whats with the Do NOT part? Harmful in some way? Scott is possibly pointing out that your maximi

Re: Virtual resolution for desktop

2011-09-30 Thread Harry Putnam
Scott Ferguson writes: >> 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 Wha

Re: Virtual resolution for desktop

2011-09-29 Thread Scott Ferguson
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

Virtual resolution for desktop

2011-09-29 Thread Harry Putnam
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 resoluti