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February 24, 2009 at 12:07 pm #161292ice9Member
Hi,
I’m dual booting Windows XP and openSUSE 11.1 Linux (Gnome desktop) on my NC10.
On XP, I like the way that you can set a bigger screen resolution than the native 1024×600 and have the screen scroll when your mouse pointer reaches the edge of the physical screen so that the display acts like a movable visible window over a bigger desktop IYSWIM.
Is it possible to set Linux up to do the same thing?
I daren’t experiment with bigger resolutions than 1024×600 myself on Linux as I’m a bit of a noob and don’t want to make the display unreadable by mistake and not be able to reset it back to default size.
Ciao.
February 25, 2009 at 4:20 pm #184786XyroxMemberSince no one’s answered yet, I’ll give you half an answer:
Yes it is. I don’t know if there’s an easy way in openSUSE, but I would probably poke around in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. I guess it’s a matter of adding a line, such as “Virtual 1024 600” (but with your preferred resolution).
And now here’s a question for you: how familiar are you with the command line? With just basic knowledge of the terminal it doesn’t matter if something goes wrong.
The reason I don’t give you a full solution is because I’m not sure if it works this way (I haven’t used virtual screen myself), which may make X unable to start. So I suggest that you either
1. Play around in the command line until you feel fairly comfortable. Learn the basics of a simple text editor that runs in the terminal, such as nano.
2. Wait for someone to give you a simpler solution. (I use Arch, and their definition of “simple” includes manually editing config files. ;))
3. Google round and find the solution yourself. The thing you’re asking for is called “virtual screen”.Good luck!
February 26, 2009 at 10:04 am #184790ice9MemberThanks a lot. Knowing that its called “Virtual Screen” and not “Screen Scrolling” or anything else will help me find more info on the openSUSE forums and elsewhere. I am picking up the command line as I go. For example, I’m rather proud that I learned to use:
sudo /usr/sbin/iwconfig wlan0 rate 18M
which forces wifi to 18mbps, as I find the ath5k driver often falls to 6mbps and below, even when I’m close to my wifi router. 18mbps is about as fast as it will work reliably without dropping packets.
Ciao
February 26, 2009 at 7:47 pm #184787XyroxMemberNice command. 🙂
Since it sounds like you know what you’re doing, here’s part B of my instructions:I think you should do something like this: http://en.opensuse.org/Multiple_Displays_Using_XRandR#Edit_Xorg.conf
(Yeah, only that specific step – we don’t want to enable multiple displays).So when you feel ready:
1. Backup xorg.conf:Code:sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf_backup2. Edit the file:
Code:sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.confwhere you can replace nano with your editor of choice.
3. Add/edit the line “Virtual 1024 600”.
Replace “1024 600” with the resolution you want. It should be under the “Screen” section – check the site I linked to see how it can look like.
4. Save and exit.
5. Restart X (ctrl+alt+backspace).
(6. If something goes wrong, press ctrl+alt+F1. If it doesn’t take you to the terminal, press the same shortcut but with F2, F3, etc. to F6.
You can restore the original file with
Code:cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf_backup /etc/X11/xorg.confThis will overwrite your edited file and still keep the backup file).
February 28, 2009 at 1:16 am #184789dougpMemberWould it be possible to set one virtual desktop to 1024×600 and say another window to 1026×768? Basically, any window that you have problems with on the other screen, you can just send to the larger resolution “display” and choose what you need.
March 7, 2009 at 6:00 pm #184791ice9MemberThanks Xyrox,
I’ve tried to follow your advice, but I still can’t get a virtual screen to work and am stuck in 1024×600. I want 1024×768 to work and edited /etc/X11/xorg.conf as you said. See if you can spot something I’ve missed in my xorg.conf shown below:-
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# SaX generated X11 config file
# Created on: 2009-03-02T23:11:26+0000.
#
# Version: 8.1
# Contact: Marcus Schaefer , 2005
# Contact: SaX-User list <” class=”bbcode_url”>https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/sax-users>
#
# Automatically generated by [ISaX] (8.1)
# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!
#Section “Files”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/local”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/Type1”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/URW”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/Speedo”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/PEX”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/latin2/Type1”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/japanese:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/kwintv”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/truetype”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/uni:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/CID”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/hellas/Type1”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/xtest”
FontPath “/opt/kde3/share/fonts”
InputDevices “/dev/gpmdata”
InputDevices “/dev/input/mice”
EndSectionSection “ServerFlags”
Option “AIGLX” “on”
Option “AllowMouseOpenFail” “on”
Option “ZapWarning” “on”
EndSectionSection “Module”
Load “extmod”
Load “glx”
Load “freetype”
Load “dbe”
Load “dri”
EndSectionSection “InputDevice”
Driver “kbd”
Identifier “Keyboard[0]”
Option “Protocol” “Standard”
Option “XkbLayout” “gb”
Option “XkbModel” “microsoftpro”
Option “XkbRules” “xfree86”
EndSectionSection “InputDevice”
Driver “synaptics”
Identifier “Mouse[1]”
Option “Buttons” “5”
Option “Device” “/dev/input/mice”
Option “Emulate3Buttons” “on”
Option “InputFashion” “Mouse”
Option “Name” “Touchpad”
Option “Protocol” “explorerps/2”
Option “SHMConfig” “on”
Option “Vendor” “Synaptics”
Option “ZAxisMapping” “4 5”
EndSectionSection “InputDevice”
Driver “mouse”
Identifier “Mouse[3]”
Option “Buttons” “5”
Option “Device” “/dev/input/mice”
Option “Name” “ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse”
Option “Protocol” “explorerps/2”
Option “Vendor” “Sysp”
Option “ZAxisMapping” “4 5”
EndSectionSection “Monitor”
DisplaySize 222 130
HorizSync 31-60
Identifier “Monitor[0]”
ModelName “1024X600@60HZ”
Option “DPMS”
Option “PreferredMode” “1024×600”
VendorName “–> LCD”
VertRefresh 50-60
UseModes “Modes[0]”
EndSectionSection “Modes”
Identifier “Modes[0]”
EndSectionSection “Screen”
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection “Display”
Depth 15
Modes “1024×600” “800×600” “768×576” “640×480”
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 16
Modes “1024×600” “800×600” “768×576” “640×480”
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 24
Modes “1024×600” “800×600” “768×576” “640×480”
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 8
Modes “1024×600” “800×600” “768×576” “640×480”
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubSection
Device “Device[0]”
Identifier “Screen[0]”
Monitor “Monitor[0]”
EndSectionSection “Device”
BoardName “945 GME”
Driver “intel”
Identifier “Device[0]”
Screen 0
VendorName “Intel”
EndSectionSection “ServerLayout”
Identifier “Layout[all]”
InputDevice “Keyboard[0]” “CoreKeyboard”
InputDevice “Mouse[1]” “CorePointer”
InputDevice “Mouse[3]” “SendCoreEvents”
Option “Clone” “off”
Option “Xinerama” “off”
Screen “Screen[0]”
EndSectionSection “DRI”
Group “video”
Mode 0660
EndSectionSection “Extensions”
Option “Composite” “on”
EndSectionMarch 10, 2009 at 4:49 pm #184788XyroxMemberSorry ice9, unfortunately I have no idea – it looks fine to me. Maybe it has to do with the new stuff in Xorg.
Have you tried to ask in an openSUSE forum? I’m sure you’ll get better answers there.
March 11, 2009 at 1:31 pm #184792ice9MemberThanks Xyrox. I have today just asked the same question in the openSUSE forum Hardware > Laptop thread.
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