2014-05-16 21:49, Israel skrev: > On 05/16/2014 01:57 PM, Aere Greenway wrote: >> >>> >> Ali: >> >> I tried it on Linux Mint (which uses the Gnome desktop) on my HP Mini >> notebook computer. >> >> It appears to work the same there, with a few minor differences. >> >> When I tried to move the Firefox window using the alt-click-drag >> method, it worked, but it first re-sized the window to where it didn't >> fill up the whole screen. The alt-click-drag method of moving the >> window worked. >> >> I could move the Synaptic Package Manager window using the >> alt-click-drag method. >> >> My application behaved the same way as on Lubuntu. Per my fix, I >> display the window in its minimum vertical dimensions, which was still >> too large for the screen, but better than before. I could move the >> window around using the alt-click-drag method. >> >> There was one notable difference I noticed. The "maximize window" >> button was not on the title-bar. There was still a "minimize >> (iconify) window" button, but no "maximize window" button. Also, the >> Java/Swing function-key (F11) to make the current window full-screen >> had no effect. >> > This seems more and more to be a system level problem, not a DE problem. > I am fairly convinced that this has to do with Xorg, or possibly LightDM. > > Does anyone else have any thoughts about this? > > Also, does anyone know of a way to virtualize the resolution, so the > apps think the screen resolution is big, but the screen shows a smaller > version of the view? > > Alternatively, can this be faked in Xorg? Can you set your resolution > to a higher range than possible for the monitor, or will that simply > make the display not work? > Hi Israel,
This virtualization is possible with KVM and virt-manager. I do it. But we don't want a virtual machine in an old computer, so the question remains: How to use the same technique without a virtual machine. Best regards Nio -- Lubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
