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Paul Colquhoun <paulcol@×××××××××××××××××.au> writes: |
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> On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:54:51 Harry Putnam wrote: |
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>> Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com> writes: |
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>> > On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com> wrote: |
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>> >> I'm also guessing there is some kind of replacement that I need to |
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>> >> learn about if it effects my longtime reliance on xorg.conf to keep |
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>> >> using my huge desktops I like to use. For yrs I've |
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>> >> used. |
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>> >> |
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>> >> Subsection "Display" |
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>> >> Depth 24 |
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>> >> Modes "1280x1024" #"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" |
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>> >> Virtual 2048 1536 |
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>> >> ViewPort 0 0 |
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>> >> EndSubsection |
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>> >> EndSection |
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>> >> |
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>> >> in /etc/X11/xorg.conf |
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>> >> To get a 2048x1536 desktop to flop around on. |
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>> >> I've never seen or heard of a way to get that without using xorg.conf. |
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>> > I think you would use xrandr to set it, or your desktop environment's |
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>> > GUI settings panel (or equivalent). |
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>> I may be using xrandr wrong but it doesn't do the trick used like |
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>> this: |
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>> I'm running an `emerge world' so didn't want to close down X so I used |
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>> Ctrl-alt F1 to leave X and then Ctrl-alt F2 to login on a different |
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>> virtual terminal. |
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>> Then commented out the `Virtual' line in xorg.conf: |
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>> EndSubsection |
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>> Subsection "Display" |
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>> Depth 24 |
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>> Modes "1280x1024" #"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" |
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>> # Virtual 2048 1536 |
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>> ViewPort 0 0 |
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>> EndSubsection |
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>> EndSection |
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>> Then startx on a different display. |
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>> startx -- :1 |
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>> Once X is up: |
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>> xrandr <no args> |
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>> shows 1280x1024 as being the highest resolution. |
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>> xrandr -s 2048x1536 shows: |
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>> Size 2048x1536 not found in available modes |
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>> The xfce display setting tool also shows 1280 as the highest possible |
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>> setting. |
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>> I've asked before where else this might be set... in more than 1 |
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>> forum. I think you may find its not all that easy to set a Resolution |
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>> way higher than your card supports. |
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> Did you look at the man page for xrandr? |
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Yes, but failed to notice that long complex command |
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I saw -s <size> and thought I'd found the right switch. |
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> I think you need the "--fb" & "--panning" options. There is even an example |
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> towards the end of the man page. |
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I guess you mean this monstrosity? |
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Have one small 1280x800 LVDS screen showing a small version of a huge |
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3200x2000 desktop, and have a big VGA screen display the surrounding of |
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the mouse at normal size. |
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xrandr --fb 3200x2000 --output LVDS --scale 2.5x2.5 --output VGA |
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--pos 0x0 --panning 3200x2000+0+0/3200x2000+0+0/64/64/64/64 |
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Thanks... I'll try that |
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