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Hi, I'm the happy owner of an Asus EeePC 1015PEM and I've succeeded in my effort and have installed Debian Squeeze. That's all well and good, though one problem persist.
There is a lot of software out there which weren't design for a resolution of just 1024*600. This more often than not result in windows bigger than can fit on the screen, and it's easy to imagine how this can course trouble.
Thus I want to "fake" a higher resolution. I'm perfectly well aware that my screen can't handle a higher resolution than 1024*600, but as far as I'm aware it is possible to define a virtual resolution. I should think that 1280*720(750 to be exact) would do the trick.
I've of course been googling a lot, but what little I've found haven't worked.
Also the fact that I do not have an xorg.conf to look, don't help the situation.
at this time I'm mainly running Gnome, though my plan is to run main Fluxbox at some point.
I should think that is all the information you need for now. I do hope you can help.
Thanks you very much for the reply.
I don't think it's the approach I'm looking for however and also reading through thread reveals some serious problems.
1) Have a larger virtual screen which is scaled to fit on your physical screen. That's what the krdc solution does, and I see another one for gnome called newrez.
B) Have your physical screen only show a viewport on a larger virtual desktop, but at 1:1 scale. Pretty sure this is a standard X-Windows capability, but I don't know how it is supported in current Gnome.
1) Have a larger virtual screen which is scaled to fit on your physical screen. That's what the krdc solution does, and I see another one for gnome called newrez.
B) Have your physical screen only show a viewport on a larger virtual desktop, but at 1:1 scale. Pretty sure this is a standard X-Windows capability, but I don't know how it is supported in current Gnome.
Which one do you want?
Well, I don't want to be scroling around. That's just annoying, however I do intent on running Fluxbox, so I don't know what complications that will involve.
Well, I don't want to be scroling around. That's just annoying, however I do intent on running Fluxbox, so I don't know what complications that will involve.
How do you expect to have a resolution higher than what your display supports without scrolling?
Anyway, in case this helps, you can move windows in most WMs by dragging anywhere in the window while holding Alt.
How do you expect to have a resolution higher than what your display supports without scrolling?
Anyway, in case this helps, you can move windows in most WMs by dragging anywhere in the window while holding Alt.
As far as I've gathered it's possible, but if it's not, that's life.
Remember that I do not need a higher resolution, I just need the desktop objects, windows and such to act like if the resolution was greater.
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