On Tue, 24 Feb 2009, Adam Jackson wrote: > On Tue, 2009-02-24 at 08:31 -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > i asked about this a while back on the standard fedora list but > > since i want to try this on f11 alpha, i figured this is a better > > forum. > > > > given a (as-yet unidentified laptop) that has less than a full WUXGA > > (1920x1200) display, i'd like to figure out how (or whether it's even > > possible) to > > > > 1) get a WUXGA resolution virtual desktop, and > > 2) be able to generate full WUXGA resolution of that virtual desktop > > on the external video port (be it DVI or HDMI, or possibly even > > display port) > > > > before i go any further, is this even *theoretically* possible? i'm > > assuming that the onboard video card will be the limiting factor -- if > > the card can't handle WUXGA, then there's no way this is going to > > work. > > > > does this question make any sense from a technical point of view? > > Yes, it's just trivial. i thought as much, i just wanted confirmation. > Pretty much any laptop made in the last five years can handle virtual > size up to 2048 wide. Many can go even further. Anything with DVI or > HDMI can drive 1920x1200 [1]. If the 19x12 display is connected at > server startup, we'll even size the virtual big enough for you. If it's > not it might take a little coercing. > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > # ... > Virtual 1920 1200 > EndSection > > Will force the virtual size to 1920x1200. Prior to xserver 1.6, RANDR > 1.2-style drivers would not give you the traditional panning view within > that virtual size; as of xserver 1.6 that's possible but requires that > it's been wired up in the driver. > > [1] - Assuming sufficient memory bandwidth, but you almost certainly > have enough. ah, there's the rub -- i'm assuming you mean video processor memory, yes? which means if i have a sufficiently old laptop, i should check carefully what my video card is. in my case, one of my laptops has a 1280x800 display, with an ATI radeon xpress 200M -- i can't remember how much video memory that has but it's possible that it simply doesn't have enough for this, correct? and what inspired this query was this: http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS9018910434.html that netbook has an HDMI port and i would *dearly* love to be able to use it to generate full WUXGA output on that port. has anyone else done that? used a netbook of some flavour running fedora to drive a full WUXGA display? rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry: Have classroom, will lecture. http://crashcourse.ca Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA ======================================================================== -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
