Hello Eike Thanks for the reply.
I have the screens setup already and it seems quick enough for what I want although until I get the stylus fixed I will not know for certain. The graphics memory is shared but it has 4 GB Ram so should be ok (In windows It says 1792 MB free). I think you would be surprised on how powerful the surface pro family is. Dan On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 3:04 PM, Eike Lantzsch <zp6...@gmx.net> wrote: > On Friday 17 April 2015 13:01:37 Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Friday 17 April 2015 11:05:17 Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > On Friday 17 April 2015 10:31:00 Daniel Harris wrote: > > > > Hello > > > > > > > > My eyesight is getting pretty bad so I need a way to create a large > > > > virtual screen bigger than my actual display and have the same effect > > > > that panning around the desktop using the mouse has but using a > stylus > > > > to > > > > achieve the same effect. The stylus is the important part. I really > > > > need that so I can work using xournal. > > > > > > > > I am pretty desperate to be honest so if anybody has any suggestions > I > > > > would appreciate any help. > > > > > > > > My setup is > > > > > > > > Surface pro 2 > > > > > > Could we have some more information? > > > > > > For a start: > > > OS? > > > DE? > > > > > > Why can you not just display everything large? What virtual screen and > > > why? > > > > > > There are set-ups for the visually challenged - but we need more info. > > > What have you got? Software-wise. The Surface pro 2 presumably > normally > > > runs Windows. > > > > I received the following private reply to my question. It will be more > > useful to you, Daniel, if more people see it, though I will answer > > privately later. > > > > Sorry posted to early by mistake > > > > I am currently running windows which I hate but the stylus works > perfectly > > under onenote. I have a second larger screen connected but the > resolution > > is the same as the surface screen so still too small. > > > > I am a long time debian user but for ease of use I installed Ubuntu onto > an > > external HDD connected to the surface and it seems to work pretty good > > although the stylus calibration is pretty poor compared to windows but I > > can live with it if I can get the virtual desktop setup to work. > > > > so the ideal setup is: > > > > surface pro physical screen running 1920x1080 > > virtual desktop (or screen not sure the exact terminology) with > resolution > > 4k (3840x2160) > > > > second physical monitor 28 inch mirroring the virtual desktop size of 4k > > (3840x2160) > > > > Now that would work perfectly if I only had a mouse connected but as soon > > as the touch screen or stylus are used they default to the virtual > desktop > > size and as such make it impossible to use on the surface touch screen. > > > > Now I have played with the transformation matrix of the stylus and have > had > > no joy their so I am hoping that some Linux guru can help with either > > tuning the above setup so that it can work or suggest an alternative. > > > > pretty much the only app I need is xournal. > > > > I would welcome any advice or suggestions. > > > > Thanks in advance > > Dan > > > > I guess with hindsight I should have just saved up for a 22 inch Wacom > > touch but I cannot afford that ; ) > > Dan: > > With 1920 x 1080 resolution and 16bit depth 32MB of video RAM are > necessary. > Double that for 32bit depth. > For 3840 x 2160 resolution and 16bit depth 128MB of video RAM are necessary > even if the resolution does not fit on the display. Does the Surface 2 have > that amount of video RAM? A brief survey of the tech specs did not reveal > any > insight on that part. > Maybe you find it in the system settings or can use a s/w tool to tell you > how > much RAM is provided for the video controller. If the video RAM is carved > out > of the system RAM then there might be hope to adjust that value. > > Sorry that I can't offer you any better answer. > > -- > Eike Lantzsch ZP6CGE > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5126023.lkldL3OSQN@lxcl01 > >
