On Sat, May 05, 2012 at 11:55:03AM +0000, Camaleón wrote: > Hello, > > In my intent to make my netbook more usable (because I can barely use > some applications such the recently available Pan), I'm trying to get a > virtual screen (panning) that allows me to configure some applications > that fail to display the usual bottom buttons (Cancel, Apply, Accept...). > > So to get the extra space, I run: > > xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1024x600 --fb 1024x768 --panning 1024x768 > > Which returns nothing (meaning a success command) and I can see the > display has been somehow "cutted" at the bottom but I can't move the > mouse cursor beyond the bottom edge so the controlable area is still > 1024x600. > > I tried to make the window of a smaller height but I only could adjust > its width which was of no help in this case. > > I finally had to remotely connect from another system with bigger screen > to configure the Pan settings from there but that's of course a bypass > not a solution at all, n[eo]books are aimed to be standalone devices :-) > > I know this is a well-known problem for these kind of small devices but I > would like to find a solution or at least a suitable bypass that does not > require a secondary system. > > The computer runs Wheezy with GNOME and gnome-shell and the nebook screen > is 10.1" with a 1024x600 resolution. It uses an Intel chipset (N10) as > VGA. >
Why not change your screen res to match what's available (1024x600)? -- ❤ ♫ ❤ ♫ ❤ ♫ ❤ Indulekha -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120505121046.GA12052@radhesyama