It seems clear that at least analog hardware users who require panning and want or need to stick to FOSS solutions need to stick to out of support Xorg versions and/or out of support drivers, and/or ancient gfxchip technology (e.g. MGA), and/or cheap (and usually slow) hardware (e.g. # XGI Technology Inc. (eXtreme Graphics Innovation) Z7/Z9 (XG20 core), a slug at 24 bit, tolerable at 16 bit as long as not extending the desktop virtually as panning was made to do). It looks like users of supported FOSS software versions and modern competent gfxchips are out of options other than acquiring (digital?) displays big enough, or acquiring additional (digital?) video ports and (digital?) displays, to cover their otherwise virtual needs.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/881046 Title: Panning in a virtual monitor is not possible after upgrade to Ubuntu 11.10 Status in X.Org X server: Confirmed Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “xorg-server” source package in Precise: Triaged Bug description: When I go for a virtual monitor by issuing command "xrandr --output LVDS1 --fb 1600x1200 --panning 1600x1200" on a monitor working at resolution 1024x768 (as I did before upgrading from Ubuntu 11.04 to Ubuntu 11.10), the WM bars on top and left side of the screen (in Unity) look like extending to the new area, but I cannot move the pointer to the new extra area and so I cannot pan. As far as I understood by reading around, this *could* be a bug in package "xorg- server" rather than in "xrandr" and *could* be related to the boundaries set for cursor position. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: i386 CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell] CompositorRunning: compiz Date: Mon Oct 24 20:40:14 2011 DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-10-22 12:17:44.515205 DistroCodename: oneiric DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: dahdi, 2.4.1+dfsg-1ubuntu2, 2.6.38-11-generic, i686: installed (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!) dahdi, 2.4.1+dfsg-1ubuntu2, 3.0.0-12-generic, i686: installed (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!) dahdi, 2.4.1+dfsg-1ubuntu2, 3.0.0-12-virtual, i686: installed ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller [8086:2592] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0182] Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0182] MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude D610 PccardctlIdent: Socket 0: no product info available PccardctlStatus: Socket 0: 3.3V 32-bit PC Card ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=it_IT.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=it_IT:it:en_GB:en ProcKernelCmdLine: root=UUID=35d17829-2597-405b-afdd-6b1d94a4dedd ro quiet splash rootdelay=15 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-22 (2 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 03/02/2005 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A03 dmi.board.name: 0D4571 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA03:bd03/02/2005:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeD610:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0D4571:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr: dmi.product.name: Latitude D610 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu3 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11-0ubuntu3 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11-0ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu13 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20110811.g93fc084-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110411+8378443-1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xorg-server/+bug/881046/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
