"Virtual Desktop" - when it'll be back?

[Alex Deucher]

On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 1:41 PM, Zbigniew Baniewski <zb at ispid.com.pl> wrote:
> Using newest xorg radeon driver (6.9.0), and the newest(?) Xserver as well
> (1.4.2), I noticed, that currently it's impossible to use "panned" virtual
> desktop (moved with mouse cursor). This is somehow tied to Xrandr-related
> things (don't know the details).
>
> When this functionality will be brought back?

Desktop panning is not currently supported by most xrandr aware
drivers.  There is some discussion on adding support for this to
xrandr 1.3.  In the meantime, one could add similar functionality as a
driver specific option.

Alex