Bug#355206: (no subject)
On Mon, 2006-03-06 at 21:13 +0000, Matthew T. Atkinson wrote:
>
> It just seems, to me, that X viewports are done at the right layer, as
> they seem a lot more efficient. It would be nice if:
>
> * There could be some communication between X and the window manager so
> that focus could be moved to windows that have just popped up (though I
> probably would find this annoying, it's what vision-impaired people
> migrating from 'doze would expect to have).
The window manager should be able to do this using the XF86VidMode
extension.
> * The mouse didn't have to move to the very edge of the screen to pan
> cross the desktop. This feature, on 'doze screen magnifiers, saves a
> lot of arm work.
Feel free to file an enhancement request at
http://bugs.freedesktop.org .
> I imagine the above could be implemented by a relatively simple X
> extension, but I have not yet had the time to look into it further.
An X server option or key combo might even be sufficient.
> > Considering all of the above, and assuming there's only one monitor
> > connected to the graphics card, I suspect this is a duplicate of
> > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=353367 (Radeon 9100 is
> > mostly identical to 8500). If so, either of
> >
> > Option "MonitorLayout" "CRT,NONE"
> > Option "MergedFB" "off"
> >
> > should work around the problem.
>
> And work it did -- thank you very much!
You're welcome, thanks for verifying. I'd like to merge these bugs, but
I'm not sure which severity is more appropriate, opinions?
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