On 09/19/2012 05:23 PM, Peter Konrad Konneker wrote: > Am using a netbook and want to try and emulate a larger screen size. > Windows XP has the option by default, and I've read one thread that made > it seem possible with xorg.conf, but that was making my system unbootable. > > Is there a linux program that'll do this? Or a way to just make linux do > it? My google-fu is failing me pretty hard on this one.
I haven't tried it before, but I'm pretty sure that xrandr is the program that will do the trick. Here [1] is an example from the Ubuntu documentation. [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Resolution#Panning_viewport -- Rich -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
