On Tue, 8 May 2012 13:47:47 +0000 (UTC), Camaleón wrote in message
<job863$vio$2@dough.gmane.org>:

> On Mon, 07 May 2012 14:33:49 -0400, Dan Ritter wrote:
>
> > On Sat, May 05, 2012 at 01:22:14PM +0000, Camaleón wrote:
> >> Yup, I also tried with "xrandr --output LVDS1 --rotate right"
> >> -which works- but from there is very hard to direct the mouse to
> >> the right place, i.e., it's unmanageable.
> >
> >
> > Do you have an xorg.conf?
>
> No, that's deprecated since Squeeze. But I can try it :-)
>
> > If so, does it set a virtual screen size?
> >
> > SubSection "Display"
> > ...
> > Virtual 1024 768
> > ...
>
> Okay, let's see what happens. First, I let xserver generates the
> xorg.conf for me:
>
> service gdm3 stop
> Xorg -configure
>
> It outputs an error¹ an the file is not generated (oh, well, this can
> be something to report).
>
> Okay, let's try another command:
>
> dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
>
> Which makes nothing... no change, no questions, no file :-?
>
> Okay, I will generate the file manually:
>
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Default Screen"
> Monitor "Configured Monitor"
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 24
> Virtual 3000 2000

..your graphics iron supports this big a picture?
Chk your X log for mention of "buffer", "vram" etc
between the modelines and the acceleration setup.

> EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
>
> When starting gdm3 I only get a black screen with the GNOME cursor
> but nothing more. And I can't jump to a tty so I have to force a
> shutdown. So, unless I have a way to generate a workable "xorg.conf"
> file, I cannot try :-)
>
> ¹ Error: "(...) Number of created screens does not match number of
> detected devices. Configuration failed. Server terminated with error
> (2). Closing log file."
>
> Greetings,
>


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On Tue, 08 May 2012 18:07:16 +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote:

> On Tue, 8 May 2012 13:47:47 +0000 (UTC), Camaleón wrote in message
> <job863$vio$2@dough.gmane.org>:

(...)

>> Okay, I will generate the file manually:
>>
>>
>> Section "Screen"
>> Identifier "Default Screen"
>> Monitor "Configured Monitor"
>> SubSection "Display"
>> Depth 24
>> Virtual 3000 2000
>
> ..your graphics iron supports this big a picture? Chk your X log for
> mention of "buffer", "vram" etc between the modelines and the
> acceleration setup.

Yes. At least xrandr says I can set a screen as big as 4096x4096.

Greetings,

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