about screen res and xorg

[NoOp]

On 09/28/2011 11:53 AM, Harry wrote:
> {Beware: Windbag alert}
> 
> I really am not up on how X is generated in modern linux distros,
> and have come thru many years using the xorg.conf and back when it was
> Xfree86 there was a similar conf file... I've forgotten the name.
> 
> For years I've been able to get a really massive desktop.  Way back
> when, it was actually due to misconfig on my part but I got to liking
> it. One thing I learned right away was that it kept other people off
> my computer... most seem to find the big panning desktop really
> disconcerting. I did too for the first few weeks but now I really like
> it and feel awfully cramped on something like 1024x768
> 
> I've used lines like these in xorg.conf but in the new install of
> ubuntu it appears to be ignored or overridden or whatever.
> 
> In:
>  
> ,----
> | Section "Screen" 
> | 
> |   [...]
> | 
> | 
> |     Subsection "Display"
> |         Depth       24
> |         Modes       "1280x1024" #"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> |         Virtual     2048 1536
> |         ViewPort    0 0
> |     EndSubsection
> |     
> |   [...]
> | 
> | EndSection
> `----
> 
> The `Virtual' line is what does the trick when it works.
> 
> Can anyone who understands the basic mechanisms in the modern approach
> steer me toward getting the 2048x1536  Desktop.  I'm using the same
> hardware where I was running Gentoo linux with that size desktop
> configured. But the techniques in Ubuntu appear to be quite different
> than what I was doing.
> 
> At any rate, I'm not at all clear on how to go ahead with it.
> 
> 

Can you post the output of these terminal commands:
$ uname -a
$ cat /etc/issue
$ xrandr

Here are some links that may be of help:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Troubleshooting/Resolution
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Resolution