Hi folks,
due to my profession, I often have to work with larger images and use,
for this reason, an oversized desktop on a regular sized monitor. Up to
the 6.6.x driver series (? I hope ?) this worked correctly with the
following configuration:
Section "Screen"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024"
ViewPort 1280 1024
Virtual 2560 2048 # <--- this here
EndSubSection
Device "Device[0]"
Identifier "Screen[0]"
Monitor "Monitor[0]"
EndSection
This gives me a screen of 2560x2048 pixels I can scroll around in.
Exactly what I need.
Unfortunately, not any longer as of 6.9.0. The above options simply do
nothing useful at all. The screen stays the size it is.
xrandr seems like a solution, as
xrandr --fb 2560x2048
gives me a frame buffer the right size, but: it doesn't scroll anymore
if I hit the boundary of the screen. Alas, it's unusable.
Thus, my questions:
o) Any hope for a fix of this?
o) As it seems, old versions of the driver like this chipset o.k., so
any chance getting an older version to compile on this machine?
Before you ask: No, getting a better supported graphics card is not an
option. This is a desktop workplace at a university, and installing new
hardware there is a major hassle as it has to go through the administration.
Thanks,
Thomas
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