Why not? 'Option "Panning" "HresXVres"' in 'Section "Monitor"' certainly used to work many moons ago, e.g. in server 1.9.3, the same way as it still does in server 1.19.6, and as --panning works with xrandr - with a single display.
But, is panning not supposed to work if a screen is comprised of more than one display? I've been trying both methods, and can't seem to find a combination that works either with xrandr or with xorg.conf, AND permits assigning any arbitrary DPI, as can be done with any single display. Here are most of the xrandr tries I've made using a 1920x1200 native Dell and a 1680x1050 native Lenovo with (recent) Intel and (older) GeForce gfx devices: ## Intel HDG630 w/ modeset(0) Debian 9 server 1.19.2; openSUSE Tumbleweed server 1.19.6 xrandr --dpi 108 --output HDMI-2 --auto --primary --output DP-1 --auto --right-of HDMI-2 ## All OK as far as it goes, but without panning, not a rectangle xrandr --dpi 108 --output HDMI-2 --auto --primary --panning 1920x1440 --output DP-1 --auto --right-of HDMI-2 --panning 1920x1440 ## both displays @0,0; DPI 108; screen size 3840x1440 xrandr --dpi 108 --panning 3840x1440 --output HDMI-2 --auto --primary --output DP-1 --auto --right-of HDMI-2 ## DPI ignored (96DPI observed); otherwise OK xrandr --fbmm 900x338 --panning 3840x1440 --output HDMI-2 --auto --primary --output DP-1 --auto --right-of HDMI-2 ## fbmm ignored (96DPI observed); otherwise OK ## NVidia GT218 w/ modeset(0); Debian 9 server 1.19.2 xrandr 1.5; Tumbleweed server 1.19.6 xrandr 1.5.0 xrandr --dpi 108 --output DVI-I-1 --auto --primary --output VGA-1 --auto --right-of DVI-I-1 ## screen size 3600x1200 with 1680x150 rectangle missing at lower right; otherwise OK xrandr --dpi 108 --output DVI-I-1 --auto --primary --panning 1920x1440 --output VGA-1 --auto --right-of DVI-I-1 --panning 1920x1440 ## both displays @0,0; DPI 108; screen size 3600x1440 xrandr --dpi 108 --panning 3840x1440 --output DVI-I-1 --auto --primary --output VGA-1 --auto --right-of DVI-I-1 ## dpi 96; screen size 3600x1200; otherwise OK xrandr --fbmm 900x338 --panning 3840x1440 --output DVI-I-1 --auto --primary --output VGA-1 --auto --right-of DVI-I-1 ## dpi 96; screen size 3600x1200; otherwise OK xrandr --output DVI-I-1 --auto --primary --dpi 108 --panning 3840x1440 --output VGA-1 --auto --right-of DVI-I-1 ## VGA-1 1680x1050@1920,0; DVI-I-1 3840x1440@0,0; DPI 108 xrandr --output DVI-I-1 --auto --primary --output VGA-1 --auto --right-of DVI-I-1 --dpi 108 --panning 3840x1440 ## VGA-1 3840x1440@0,0; DVI-I-1 1920x1200@0,0; DPI 108 ISTR arandr may be able to do such things, but it works on a per user basis. I'm after global application. -- "Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Whatever else you get, get wisdom." Proverbs 4:7 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ _______________________________________________ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: https://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: %(user_address)s
