On Fri, 2009-04-10 at 19:23 +0100, Sharpe, Sam J wrote: > 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) ---- I see what you're saying and I'm doubting that the committed code from December has actually made it into the 1.6 version of xserver in Fedora-11-Beta. I'm not using the lack of mention in the man page because that kind of thing can often be overlooked. As for xorg guys...I've sent 3 e-mails to the xorg list and all I get is crickets. Thanks Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
