2009/4/10 Craig White <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > On Fri, 2009-04-10 at 19:01 +0100, Sharpe, Sam J wrote: >> 2009/4/10 Craig White <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx>: >> > On Fri, 2009-04-10 at 16:43 +0100, Sharpe, Sam J wrote: >> >> 2009/4/10 Sharpe, Sam J <sam.sharpe+lists.redhat@xxxxxxxxx>: >> >> > 2009/4/10 Craig White <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx>: >> >> >> I am getting no traction on xorg mail list - perhaps I cannot ask in a >> >> >> way that makes them answer but the idea is... >> >> >> >> >> >> Fedora 11 Beta (xrandr 1.3 - yeah!) >> >> >> >> >> >> If I manually execute the command... >> >> >> xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1024x600 --panning 1280x1024 >> >> >> >> >> >> I sort of get what I want...well, the background is tiled but my tiny >> >> >> 1024x600 screen becomes usable with panning and I can't understand why I >> >> >> can't achieve this simply with xorg.conf. >> >> >> >> >> >> Can anyone see what changes I need to make? >> >> > <snip> >> >> > >> >> > I know very little about this but I was keeping an eye on it for my eeePC 701. >> >> > >> >> > The changelog for Xorg 1.5.99 says: >> >> > >> >> > Matthias Hopf (5): >> >> > randr: Add monitor option "Panning" for initial panning configuration >> >> > >> >> > So that says to me that somewhere in your Xorg.conf Monitor section >> >> > you should have a Panning keyword - which you don't have. >> >> > >> >> > Looks like you'll have to dig around in Google though as I haven't >> >> > seen any easy source of information about it, >> >> >> >> Or you could look at the code: >> >> http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?h=panning-for-server-1.6&id=44b89dc0a5aa23df69539754fb76c67c310530db >> >> >> >> Looks to me like: >> >> >> >> Section "Monitor" >> >> <snip> >> >> Panning 1280x1024 >> >> EndSection >> >> >> >> might do it... >> > ---- >> > death - death I say... >> > >> > Parse error on line 44 of section Monitor in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf >> > "Panning" is not a valid keyword in this section. >> >> Have you tried: >> >> Option "Panning" "1280x1024" >> >> If you download the src.rpm for Xorg in F11b, Panning is definitely in >> hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Crtc.c ... so it /should/ work... >> > ---- > In 'Monitor' section...it seems to be ignored. > > # grep Panning /var/log/Xorg.0.log > (**) intel(0): Option "Panning" "1280x1024" > (WW) intel(0): Option "Panning" is not used > > In 'Display' subsection of 'Screen' instead, likewise > > # grep Panning /var/log/Xorg.0.log > (WW) intel(0): Option "Panning" is not used > > It may not be compatible with one of the modules that I asserted but > X.org.0.log doesn't suggest that to be the problem. Oh well, at least you've got some extra info to go back to bothering the Xorg guys with ;o) -- Sam -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
