[Debian-eeepc-devel] Scrolling / Virtual Resolution on Debian

[elijah r.]

On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Tomaz( S(olc <tomaz.solc at tablix.org> wrote:
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>  Hi
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>  > Out of curiosity, have any of the Debian-eeepc users succesfully
>  > configured their X server  to provide a 'virtual resolution' ?
>  > What I mean by virtual resolution is to have something like a 1024x768
>  > pixel workspace,
>  > but with 800x480 pixels of viewable area, which is scrollable by
>  > moving the cursor to the screen's edge.
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>  I believe you can do this by adding "Virtual 1024 768" option to the
>  Display section of the xorg.conf.

Hi Tomaz,
Thank you for your insight.  I tried this and then restarted the X
server, but it seems to not add any extra options to xrandr or the
Xfce4 resolution switcher tool.

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>  Haven't tried this on Eee though.
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>  Best regards
>  Tomaz
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Elijah R.