On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 08:15:07AM +1200, David McNab wrote: > On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 14:09 +0100, Paul M wrote: > > 2008/9/12 David McNab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Does anyone know how to configure the X11 server to a virtual screen > > > size bigger than the device physical screen, including assigning the > > > up/down/left/right buttons for panning? > > > > isn't that going to be driver specific? > > But the desktop rotator applet seems to work at a device-independent > level. Maybe I should look at the source of that to see if there's a way > to set it up. > > I notice too that /etc/X11 has no XF86Config or xorg.conf files, and > that the 'Xfbdev' server is what runs, so possibly there's a way to set > up a bigger virtual screen using that. I'll have to research Xfbdev I > guess, so if I come up with anything, I'll report it back to this > thread.
"Display" subsection of xorg.conf (man xorg.conf) has the "Virtual" entry: Virtual xdim ydim - This optional entry specifies the virtual screen resolution to be used. xdim must be a multiple of either 8 or 16 for most drivers, and a multiple of 32 when running in monochrome mode. The given value will be rounded down if this is not the case. Video modes which are too large for the specified virtual size will be rejected. If this entry is not present, the virtual screen resolution will be set to accommodate all the valid video modes given in the Modes entry. Some drivers/hardware combinations do not support virtual screens. Refer to the appropriate driver-specific documentation for details. -- Denys _______________________________________________ Angstrom-distro-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/angstrom-distro-users
