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ophiel

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Registered: 2011-06-17

Posts: 15

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Xrandr panning and locked pointer

Hello

I want to use xrandr command to use the feature of my netbook, in windows called by fn+f4 - switching to bigger resolution.

In windows, it changes default (and maximum) 1024x600 to 1024x768. It doesn't look nice, but in some cases 1024x600 makes some apps unusable.

I managed to do it in a following way:
xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1024x600 --panning 1024x768 --scale 1x1.3

but these are effects:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15841305/wrzuty/1024x768.png

mouse pointer is locked within old resolution and cairo-dock still thinks that the resolution didn't changed. nevermind cairo-dock, but I want those additional 128 pixels to be availble for my mouse pointer. how can I do that?

[jin@mephisto bin]$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x 600, maximum 4096 x 4096
LVDS1 connected 1024x600+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 220mm x 129mm panning 1024x600+0+0
   1024x600       60.0*+   65.0  
   800x600        60.3     56.2  
   640x480        59.9  
VGA1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

while switched:

[jin@mephisto bin]$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x 780, maximum 4096 x 4096
LVDS1 connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 220mm x 129mm panning 1024x768+0+0
   1024x600       60.0*+   65.0  
   800x600        60.3     56.2  
   640x480        59.9  
VGA1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

edit:

oh damn it, that thread should be in multimedia and games... i'm sorry, if any admin/mod sees it, please move it to the proper place.

Last edited by ophiel (2011-06-28 01:15:57)

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: Xrandr panning and locked pointer

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/24274