Harry Putnam wrote: > Punchline: > How can I get a desktop that is way bigger than my actual monitor? > > Details: > First, I'm not talking here about the extra desktops one has access to > through a pager... I'm talking about the viewable area of each one of > those. > > On another OS (linux) I learned to love working on a huge desktop that > can be panned as the mouse nears the monitor edges. > > This is done by using the `Virtual' option in xorg.conf at the > subsection `Display' inside section `Screen' (between asterisks > below). As you see the virtual spec is 2048 x 1536 > > > Section "Screen" > [...] > > Subsection "Display" > Depth 24 > Modes "1280x1024" #"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > ***** > Virtual 2048 1536 > ***** > ViewPort 0 0 > EndSubsection > [...] > > I've tried creating my own xorg.conf and adding that into it. I > Don't recall the details of the errors since it was quite some time > ago... and I'm a little reluctant to test it again since I don't > really understand how OpenSol... arrives at the desktop display. > > My system is working very well and I don't want to lose X just now. > > But how would someone running build 111b go about getting a huge > desktop like that? > > OpenSolaris uses X.Org so the configuration steps are identical. The xorg.conf file goes in the /etc/X11 directory.
Depending upon the graphics being used, there are alternate methods to enable this.
