On 2008.03.31 18:39, Alan Cox wrote:
> > We will be testing Fedora-9 when it is released to see if the Zoom
> feature
> > has been fixed. Otherwise, we will continue to use Fedora-7 as
> long
> as we
> > can until an alternative software distribution can be found, Our
> having
> > to use Fedora-7 over Fedora-8 puts a real crimp in our development
> effort.
>
> More information would be useful - eg which card is affected - and
> for
> that matter what does xrandr show ?
>
Okay... I have one example of a laptop that has had problems but is
currently running Fedora-8: An IBM A31p Thinkpad. I have two more of
these laptops that had Fedora-8 installed on them that have now been
reverted to Fedora-7 because of the Zoom problem. The other systems
currently running Fedora-8 are server systems that are not running X
Windows. There are some workstations in remote locations running
either Fedora-8, Fedora-7 or some version of Ubuntu that are not aware
of the problem or are not using the feature.
The Zoom feature tries to work with this laptop but fails to return to
the original virtual desktop size and does not allow the mouse to push
the borders of windows that are smaller than the virtual window. X has
to be restarted to restore the original largest desktop.
Video card used in the IBM A31p Thinkpad:
lspci -v
.....
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV200 LX
[Mobility FireGL 7800 M7] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: IBM Unknown device 0518
Flags: bus master, stepping, fast Back2Back, 66MHz, medium
devsel, latency 66, IRQ 11
Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
I/O ports at 3000 [size=256]
Memory at d0100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at d0120000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [58] AGP version 2.0
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Kernel modules: radeonfb
.....
# xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 175, current 1600 x 1200, maximum 1600 x 1200
default connected 1600x1200+0+0 0mm x 0mm
1600x1200 85.0* 75.0 70.0 65.0 60.0
1400x1050 85.0 75.0 70.0 60.0
1280x960 85.0 60.0
1152x864 75.0 100.0 85.0 70.0 60.0
1024x768 85.0 75.0 70.0 60.0 87.0
800x600 85.0 75.0 72.0 60.0 56.0 70.0
65.0
640x480 85.0 75.0 73.0 67.0 60.0
1280x1024 85.0 75.0 60.0
1440x900 60.0
1360x768 60.0
1280x800 85.0 75.0 70.0 60.0
1280x768 85.0 75.0 70.0 60.0
1280x720 85.0 75.0 70.0 60.0
1152x768 55.0
960x720 60.0
928x696 60.0
896x672 75.0 60.0
960x600 85.0 75.0 73.0 70.0 60.0
832x624 75.0
960x540 85.0 75.0 70.0 60.0
840x525 85.0 75.0 70.0 60.0
700x525 85.0 75.0 70.0 60.0
640x512 85.0 75.0 60.0
720x450 60.0
720x400 88.0 70.0 85.0
680x384 60.0
640x400 85.0 75.0 70.0 60.0
576x432 100.0 85.0 75.0 70.0 60.0
640x384 85.0 75.0 70.0 60.0
640x360 85.0 75.0 70.0 60.0
640x350 85.0
576x384 55.0
512x384 85.0 75.0 70.0 60.0 87.0
416x312 75.0
400x300 85.0 75.0 72.0 60.0 56.0
320x240 85.0 75.0 73.0 60.0
360x200 85.0
320x200 85.0
320x175 85.0
And since the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file I am using is small:
cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "single head configuration"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "radeon"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768"
"800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Cheers!
--
William M. Perkins, KJ4ASH UNIX/Linux Systems Administrator
The Greenwood ARES AEC Henrico County, VA
Richmond, Virginia E-mail - wmp@xxxxxxxxxxx
