Re: Panning the screen to get an usable GNOME desktop in netbooks
On Tue, May 08, 2012 at 01:47:47PM +0000, Camaleón wrote:
> On Mon, 07 May 2012 14:33:49 -0400, Dan Ritter wrote:
>
> > On Sat, May 05, 2012 at 01:22:14PM +0000, Camaleón wrote:
> >> Yup, I also tried with "xrandr --output LVDS1 --rotate right" -which
> >> works- but from there is very hard to direct the mouse to the right
> >> place, i.e., it's unmanageable.
> >
> >
> > Do you have an xorg.conf?
>
> No, that's deprecated since Squeeze. But I can try it :-)
Sigh. The downside of xorg.conf is that it forces you to
understand what decisions the X server needs to make. The upside
is that it allows you to change those decisions.
> > If so, does it set a virtual screen size?
> >
> > SubSection "Display"
> > ...
> > Virtual 1024 768
> > ...
>
> Okay, I will generate the file manually:
>
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Default Screen"
> Monitor "Configured Monitor"
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 24
> Virtual 3000 2000
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
>
> When starting gdm3 I only get a black screen with the GNOME cursor but
> nothing more. And I can't jump to a tty so I have to force a shutdown.
> So, unless I have a way to generate a workable "xorg.conf" file, I cannot
> try :-)
>
> ¹ Error: "(...) Number of created screens does not match number of
> detected devices. Configuration failed. Server terminated with error (2).
> Closing log file."
Yes, you'll need a complete config, not just a snippet. This is
a netbook of some kind? There are examples on the net:
http://statics.inebium.com/downloads/posts/8/xorg.conf
(for an EEEpc 1000he, e.g.)
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