An issue with Ubuntu 11.10 with: xrandr / panning / virtual monitor

[Marius Gedminas]

On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 08:52:53AM +0200, EWK = Ernesto torresin at WorK wrote:
> Hello to everybody!
> 
> I've just upgraded a system to Ubuntu 11.10 and I can no longer get a
> virtual monitor as I used to do with
> 
> 	$ xrandr --output LVDS1 --fb 1600x1200 --panning 1600x1200
> 
> I have
> 
> 	$ xrandr --version
> xrandr program version       1.3.5
> Server reports RandR version 1.3
> 
> 
> The issue is very similar to the one described on
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=655212 and ideally follows
> the recent message at
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2011-October/252719.html.
> I am not replying to that message because I just subscribed and AFAIK to
> reply to one message would require some manipulation of the headers of
> this message, which is beyond my interests for the time being.
> 
> Now, I'd just like to make sure that I can go on filing a bug report,
> and I wonder whether to do so against package x11-xserver-utils (7.6+3)
> containing the program xrandr, or the Xorg family in general, since I
> imagine that xrandr may be just an interface.

I've a feeling this is a bug in the X server itself, caused by a fix to
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20334 (Mouse shouldn't move
into area outside the monitors).

Marius Gedminas
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