xrandr --panning usage

[Matthias Hopf]

On Dec 10, 08 12:05:04 +0100, Matthias Hopf wrote:
> On Dec 10, 08 00:05:12 -0800, Keith Packard wrote:
> > It seems to me that the size of the panning area for each crtc should be
> > used in the computation of screen size. This would make
> > 
> > $ xrandr --output LVDS --panning 2048x900
> > 
> > "just work", resizing the screen to 2048x900 and setting the panning
> > area. The current code requires that the user set the frame buffer size
> > along with the panning area.
> 
> Yes, that is one of the things that has to be implemented. Static
> panning configuration is more important at first, because that should
> get into Xserver 1.6 still.

Just to mention it: done in the 1.2.99.3 release of xrandr.
Static config in Xserver is done as well.

Matthias

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