Xorg custom configuration to not use a given area

[Carlos Baiget]

Thanks Pat,

I find your idea very ingenious, if the xorg tricking approach ends 
being impossible I would try to do that.
Until now i have been unable to reproduce the steps you have given with 
the 'netbook remix' desktop.



El 13/05/10 21:11, Pat Kane escribió:
> Carlos,
>
> How about putting an empty gnome panel above the current top panel?
> It is a bit tricky but I just able to do it on my U10.04 system.  Here is what
> I did:
>        1- right click in the top panel to get a popup menu
>        2- select the "properties"  enty, then turn off "Expand"
> you can now move the top panel down, out of the way
>        3- repeat 1
>        4- select "New Panel", turn off "Expand" and put it at "Top"
> at this point I had to logout/login to see the change....
>        5- turn "Expand" on for the empty panel
>        6- move the original top panel back to just under the empty panel
>            and turn "Expand" back on.
>
>
> On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Carlos Baiget<carbaior at upvnet.upv.es>  wrote:
>    
>> hello all,
>>
>> I've changed the lcd screen of my eeepc which is 1024x600.
>> The problem is, the replacement is not exactly the one i needed and although
>> it fits well, i cannot see the top first 5 or 6 pixel lines, because they
>> are hidden behind the screen bezel.
>> My question is: could i trick Xorg to work as if the display were, say
>> 1024x590 and ignore those lines? I prefer to lose them than having gnome
>> panel cut in a half.
>> I'm using ubuntu 10.04, with xrandr v1.3
>>
>> I hope i've explained myself well...
>>
>> Thanks for your reply.
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