xorg virtual / panning question

[Craig White]

I am getting no traction on xorg mail list - perhaps I cannot ask in a
way that makes them answer but the idea is...

Fedora 11 Beta (xrandr 1.3 - yeah!)

If I manually execute the command...
xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1024x600 --panning 1280x1024

I sort of get what I want...well, the background is tiled but my tiny
1024x600 screen becomes usable with panning and I can't understand why I
can't achieve this simply with xorg.conf.

Can anyone see what changes I need to make?

xorg.conf looks like this...(some clippage)
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "catalogue:/etc/X11/fontpath.d"
FontPath "built-ins"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "dri"
Load "dri2"
Load "record"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section
"Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
ModelName "LCD Panel 1280x1024"
Modeline "1024?600" 48.96 1024 1064 1168 1312 600 601 604 622 \
-HSync +VSync
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "intel"
VendorName "Intel Corporation"
BoardName "Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "1024x600"
Depth 24
Virtual 1280 1024
EndSubSection
EndSection

[Sharpe, Sam J]

Post by Craig White
I am getting no traction on xorg mail list - perhaps I cannot ask in a
way that makes them answer but the idea is...
Fedora 11 Beta (xrandr 1.3 - yeah!)
If I manually execute the command...
xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1024x600 --panning 1280x1024
I sort of get what I want...well, the background is tiled but my tiny
1024x600 screen becomes usable with panning and I can't understand why I
can't achieve this simply with xorg.conf.
Can anyone see what changes I need to make?

<snip>

I know very little about this but I was keeping an eye on it for my eeePC 701.

The changelog for Xorg 1.5.99 says:

Matthias Hopf (5):
randr: Add monitor option "Panning" for initial panning configuration

So that says to me that somewhere in your Xorg.conf Monitor section
you should have a Panning keyword - which you don't have.

Looks like you'll have to dig around in Google though as I haven't
seen any easy source of information about it,

[Sharpe, Sam J]

Post by Sharpe, Sam J

Post by Craig White
I am getting no traction on xorg mail list - perhaps I cannot ask in a
way that makes them answer but the idea is...
Fedora 11 Beta (xrandr 1.3 - yeah!)
If I manually execute the command...
xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1024x600 --panning 1280x1024
I sort of get what I want...well, the background is tiled but my tiny
1024x600 screen becomes usable with panning and I can't understand why I
can't achieve this simply with xorg.conf.
Can anyone see what changes I need to make?

<snip>
I know very little about this but I was keeping an eye on it for my eeePC 701.
? ? ?randr: Add monitor option "Panning" for initial panning configuration
So that says to me that somewhere in your Xorg.conf Monitor section
you should have a Panning keyword - which you don't have.
Looks like you'll have to dig around in Google though as I haven't
seen any easy source of information about it,

Or you could look at the code:
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?h=panning-for-server-1.6&id=44b89dc0a5aa23df69539754fb76c67c310530db

Looks to me like:

Section "Monitor"
<snip>
Panning 1280x1024
EndSection

might do it...

[Craig White]

Post by Sharpe, Sam J

Post by Sharpe, Sam J

Post by Craig White
I am getting no traction on xorg mail list - perhaps I cannot ask in a
way that makes them answer but the idea is...
Fedora 11 Beta (xrandr 1.3 - yeah!)
If I manually execute the command...
xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1024x600 --panning 1280x1024
I sort of get what I want...well, the background is tiled but my tiny
1024x600 screen becomes usable with panning and I can't understand why I
can't achieve this simply with xorg.conf.
Can anyone see what changes I need to make?

<snip>
I know very little about this but I was keeping an eye on it for my eeePC 701.
randr: Add monitor option "Panning" for initial panning configuration
So that says to me that somewhere in your Xorg.conf Monitor section
you should have a Panning keyword - which you don't have.
Looks like you'll have to dig around in Google though as I haven't
seen any easy source of information about it,

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?h=panning-for-server-1.6&id=44b89dc0a5aa23df69539754fb76c67c310530db
Section "Monitor"
<snip>
Panning 1280x1024
EndSection
might do it...

----
death - death I say...

Parse error on line 44 of section Monitor in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
"Panning" is not a valid keyword in this section.

nope - no workee - it's an X killer, and in the man page for xorg.conf
on Fedora-11-Beta (x-server 1.6), there is absolutely no mention of
Panning at all.

FWIW - you should be able to make 'panning' work via xrandr on your Asus
with what I gave you above (adjust for the name of your display) and I
suppose I could probably add the panning command to a startup script
after login but it seems neater/cleaner/ and an end to the regression
that I could accomplish so easily on Fedora Core 4.

Thanks

Craig

[Sharpe, Sam J]

Post by Craig White

Post by Sharpe, Sam J

Post by Sharpe, Sam J

Post by Craig White
I am getting no traction on xorg mail list - perhaps I cannot ask in a
way that makes them answer but the idea is...
Fedora 11 Beta (xrandr 1.3 - yeah!)
If I manually execute the command...
xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1024x600 --panning 1280x1024
I sort of get what I want...well, the background is tiled but my tiny
1024x600 screen becomes usable with panning and I can't understand why I
can't achieve this simply with xorg.conf.
Can anyone see what changes I need to make?

<snip>
I know very little about this but I was keeping an eye on it for my eeePC 701.
? ? ?randr: Add monitor option "Panning" for initial panning configuration
So that says to me that somewhere in your Xorg.conf Monitor section
you should have a Panning keyword - which you don't have.
Looks like you'll have to dig around in Google though as I haven't
seen any easy source of information about it,

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?h=panning-for-server-1.6&id=44b89dc0a5aa23df69539754fb76c67c310530db
Section "Monitor"
<snip>
? ? ?Panning ? ? ? 1280x1024
EndSection
might do it...

----
death - death I say...
Parse error on line 44 of section Monitor in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
? ? ? ?"Panning" is not a valid keyword in this section.

Have you tried:

Option "Panning" "1280x1024"

If you download the src.rpm for Xorg in F11b, Panning is definitely in
hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Crtc.c ... so it /should/ work...

[Craig White]

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Post by Sharpe, Sam J

Post by Sharpe, Sam J

Post by Craig White
I am getting no traction on xorg mail list - perhaps I cannot ask in a
way that makes them answer but the idea is...
Fedora 11 Beta (xrandr 1.3 - yeah!)
If I manually execute the command...
xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1024x600 --panning 1280x1024
I sort of get what I want...well, the background is tiled but my tiny
1024x600 screen becomes usable with panning and I can't understand why I
can't achieve this simply with xorg.conf.
Can anyone see what changes I need to make?

<snip>
I know very little about this but I was keeping an eye on it for my eeePC 701.
randr: Add monitor option "Panning" for initial panning configuration
So that says to me that somewhere in your Xorg.conf Monitor section
you should have a Panning keyword - which you don't have.
Looks like you'll have to dig around in Google though as I haven't
seen any easy source of information about it,

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?h=panning-for-server-1.6&id=44b89dc0a5aa23df69539754fb76c67c310530db
Section "Monitor"
<snip>
Panning 1280x1024
EndSection
might do it...

----
death - death I say...
Parse error on line 44 of section Monitor in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
"Panning" is not a valid keyword in this section.

Option "Panning" "1280x1024"
If you download the src.rpm for Xorg in F11b, Panning is definitely in
hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Crtc.c ... so it /should/ work...

----
In 'Monitor' section...it seems to be ignored.

# grep Panning /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(**) intel(0): Option "Panning" "1280x1024"
(WW) intel(0): Option "Panning" is not used

In 'Display' subsection of 'Screen' instead, likewise

# grep Panning /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(WW) intel(0): Option "Panning" is not used

It may not be compatible with one of the modules that I asserted but
X.org.0.log doesn't suggest that to be the problem.

Craig

[Sharpe, Sam J]

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Post by Craig White
I am getting no traction on xorg mail list - perhaps I cannot ask in a
way that makes them answer but the idea is...
Fedora 11 Beta (xrandr 1.3 - yeah!)
If I manually execute the command...
xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1024x600 --panning 1280x1024
I sort of get what I want...well, the background is tiled but my tiny
1024x600 screen becomes usable with panning and I can't understand why I
can't achieve this simply with xorg.conf.
Can anyone see what changes I need to make?

<snip>
I know very little about this but I was keeping an eye on it for my eeePC 701.
? ? ?randr: Add monitor option "Panning" for initial panning configuration
So that says to me that somewhere in your Xorg.conf Monitor section
you should have a Panning keyword - which you don't have.
Looks like you'll have to dig around in Google though as I haven't
seen any easy source of information about it,

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?h=panning-for-server-1.6&id=44b89dc0a5aa23df69539754fb76c67c310530db
Section "Monitor"
<snip>
? ? ?Panning ? ? ? 1280x1024
EndSection
might do it...

----
death - death I say...
Parse error on line 44 of section Monitor in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
? ? ? ?"Panning" is not a valid keyword in this section.

Option "Panning" "1280x1024"
If you download the src.rpm for Xorg in F11b, Panning is definitely in
hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Crtc.c ... so it /should/ work...

----
In 'Monitor' section...it seems to be ignored.
# grep Panning /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(**) intel(0): Option "Panning" "1280x1024"
(WW) intel(0): Option "Panning" is not used
In 'Display' subsection of 'Screen' instead, likewise
# grep Panning /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(WW) intel(0): Option "Panning" is not used
It may not be compatible with one of the modules that I asserted but
X.org.0.log doesn't suggest that to be the problem.

Oh well, at least you've got some extra info to go back to bothering
the Xorg guys with ;o)

[Craig White]

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Post by Sharpe, Sam J

Post by Craig White

Post by Sharpe, Sam J

Post by Sharpe, Sam J

Post by Craig White
I am getting no traction on xorg mail list - perhaps I cannot ask in a
way that makes them answer but the idea is...
Fedora 11 Beta (xrandr 1.3 - yeah!)
If I manually execute the command...
xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1024x600 --panning 1280x1024
I sort of get what I want...well, the background is tiled but my tiny
1024x600 screen becomes usable with panning and I can't understand why I
can't achieve this simply with xorg.conf.
Can anyone see what changes I need to make?

<snip>
I know very little about this but I was keeping an eye on it for my eeePC 701.
randr: Add monitor option "Panning" for initial panning configuration
So that says to me that somewhere in your Xorg.conf Monitor section
you should have a Panning keyword - which you don't have.
Looks like you'll have to dig around in Google though as I haven't
seen any easy source of information about it,

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?h=panning-for-server-1.6&id=44b89dc0a5aa23df69539754fb76c67c310530db
Section "Monitor"
<snip>
Panning 1280x1024
EndSection
might do it...

----
death - death I say...
Parse error on line 44 of section Monitor in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
"Panning" is not a valid keyword in this section.

Option "Panning" "1280x1024"
If you download the src.rpm for Xorg in F11b, Panning is definitely in
hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Crtc.c ... so it /should/ work...

----
In 'Monitor' section...it seems to be ignored.
# grep Panning /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(**) intel(0): Option "Panning" "1280x1024"
(WW) intel(0): Option "Panning" is not used
In 'Display' subsection of 'Screen' instead, likewise
# grep Panning /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(WW) intel(0): Option "Panning" is not used
It may not be compatible with one of the modules that I asserted but
X.org.0.log doesn't suggest that to be the problem.

Oh well, at least you've got some extra info to go back to bothering
the Xorg guys with ;o)

----
I see what you're saying and I'm doubting that the committed code from
December has actually made it into the 1.6 version of xserver in
Fedora-11-Beta. I'm not using the lack of mention in the man page
because that kind of thing can often be overlooked.

As for xorg guys...I've sent 3 e-mails to the xorg list and all I get is
crickets.

Thanks

Craig

[Sharpe, Sam J]

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Post by Craig White

Post by Sharpe, Sam J

Post by Craig White

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Post by Sharpe, Sam J

Post by Craig White
I am getting no traction on xorg mail list - perhaps I cannot ask in a
way that makes them answer but the idea is...
Fedora 11 Beta (xrandr 1.3 - yeah!)
If I manually execute the command...
xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1024x600 --panning 1280x1024
I sort of get what I want...well, the background is tiled but my tiny
1024x600 screen becomes usable with panning and I can't understand why I
can't achieve this simply with xorg.conf.
Can anyone see what changes I need to make?

<snip>
I know very little about this but I was keeping an eye on it for my eeePC 701.
? ? ?randr: Add monitor option "Panning" for initial panning configuration
So that says to me that somewhere in your Xorg.conf Monitor section
you should have a Panning keyword - which you don't have.
Looks like you'll have to dig around in Google though as I haven't
seen any easy source of information about it,

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?h=panning-for-server-1.6&id=44b89dc0a5aa23df69539754fb76c67c310530db
Section "Monitor"
<snip>
? ? ?Panning ? ? ? 1280x1024
EndSection
might do it...

----
death - death I say...
Parse error on line 44 of section Monitor in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
? ? ? ?"Panning" is not a valid keyword in this section.

Option "Panning" "1280x1024"
If you download the src.rpm for Xorg in F11b, Panning is definitely in
hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Crtc.c ... so it /should/ work...

----
In 'Monitor' section...it seems to be ignored.
# grep Panning /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(**) intel(0): Option "Panning" "1280x1024"
(WW) intel(0): Option "Panning" is not used
In 'Display' subsection of 'Screen' instead, likewise
# grep Panning /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(WW) intel(0): Option "Panning" is not used
It may not be compatible with one of the modules that I asserted but
X.org.0.log doesn't suggest that to be the problem.

Oh well, at least you've got some extra info to go back to bothering
the Xorg guys with ;o)

----
I see what you're saying and I'm doubting that the committed code from
December has actually made it into the 1.6 version of xserver in
Fedora-11-Beta. I'm not using the lack of mention in the man page
because that kind of thing can often be overlooked.

It definitely did make it. I checked the source RPM for f11b [1] -
it's definitely in the included tarball [2], so unless one of the
later patches takes it out (I did grep for OPTION_PANNING in the
entire SOURCES directory) it is there. I think I'm just clueless on
how to use it - or possibly it's not finished.

Post by Craig White
As for xorg guys...I've sent 3 e-mails to the xorg list and all I get is
crickets.

Oh well, Cricket's never been my thing. Rugby is better.

[Sharpe, Sam J]

Post by Craig White

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Post by Craig White

Post by Sharpe, Sam J

Post by Craig White

Post by Sharpe, Sam J

Post by Sharpe, Sam J

Post by Craig White
I am getting no traction on xorg mail list - perhaps I cannot ask in a
way that makes them answer but the idea is...
Fedora 11 Beta (xrandr 1.3 - yeah!)
If I manually execute the command...
xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1024x600 --panning 1280x1024
I sort of get what I want...well, the background is tiled but my tiny
1024x600 screen becomes usable with panning and I can't understand why I
can't achieve this simply with xorg.conf.
Can anyone see what changes I need to make?

<snip>
I know very little about this but I was keeping an eye on it for my eeePC 701.
? ? ?randr: Add monitor option "Panning" for initial panning configuration
So that says to me that somewhere in your Xorg.conf Monitor section
you should have a Panning keyword - which you don't have.
Looks like you'll have to dig around in Google though as I haven't
seen any easy source of information about it,

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?h=panning-for-server-1.6&id=44b89dc0a5aa23df69539754fb76c67c310530db
Section "Monitor"
<snip>
? ? ?Panning ? ? ? 1280x1024
EndSection
might do it...

----
death - death I say...
Parse error on line 44 of section Monitor in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
? ? ? ?"Panning" is not a valid keyword in this section.

Option "Panning" "1280x1024"
If you download the src.rpm for Xorg in F11b, Panning is definitely in
hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Crtc.c ... so it /should/ work...

----
In 'Monitor' section...it seems to be ignored.
# grep Panning /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(**) intel(0): Option "Panning" "1280x1024"
(WW) intel(0): Option "Panning" is not used
In 'Display' subsection of 'Screen' instead, likewise
# grep Panning /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(WW) intel(0): Option "Panning" is not used
It may not be compatible with one of the modules that I asserted but
X.org.0.log doesn't suggest that to be the problem.

Oh well, at least you've got some extra info to go back to bothering
the Xorg guys with ;o)

----
I see what you're saying and I'm doubting that the committed code from
December has actually made it into the 1.6 version of xserver in
Fedora-11-Beta. I'm not using the lack of mention in the man page
because that kind of thing can often be overlooked.

It definitely did make it. I checked the source RPM for f11b [1] -
it's definitely in the included tarball [2], so unless one of the
later patches takes it out (I did grep for OPTION_PANNING in the
entire SOURCES directory) it is there. I think I'm just clueless on
how to use it - or possibly it's not finished.

Post by Craig White
As for xorg guys...I've sent 3 e-mails to the xorg list and all I get is
crickets.

Oh well, Cricket's never been my thing. Rugby is better.

[psmith]

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Post by Craig White

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Post by Sharpe, Sam J

Post by Craig White
I am getting no traction on xorg mail list - perhaps I cannot ask in a
way that makes them answer but the idea is...
Fedora 11 Beta (xrandr 1.3 - yeah!)
If I manually execute the command...
xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1024x600 --panning 1280x1024
I sort of get what I want...well, the background is tiled but my tiny
1024x600 screen becomes usable with panning and I can't understand why I
can't achieve this simply with xorg.conf.
Can anyone see what changes I need to make?

<snip>
I know very little about this but I was keeping an eye on it for my eeePC 701.
? ? ?randr: Add monitor option "Panning" for initial panning configuration
So that says to me that somewhere in your Xorg.conf Monitor section
you should have a Panning keyword - which you don't have.
Looks like you'll have to dig around in Google though as I haven't
seen any easy source of information about it,

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?h=panning-for-server-1.6&id=44b89dc0a5aa23df69539754fb76c67c310530db
Section "Monitor"
<snip>
? ? ?Panning ? ? ? 1280x1024
EndSection
might do it...

----
death - death I say...
Parse error on line 44 of section Monitor in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
? ? ? ?"Panning" is not a valid keyword in this section.

Option "Panning" "1280x1024"
If you download the src.rpm for Xorg in F11b, Panning is definitely in
hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Crtc.c ... so it /should/ work...

----
In 'Monitor' section...it seems to be ignored.
# grep Panning /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(**) intel(0): Option "Panning" "1280x1024"
(WW) intel(0): Option "Panning" is not used
In 'Display' subsection of 'Screen' instead, likewise
# grep Panning /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(WW) intel(0): Option "Panning" is not used
It may not be compatible with one of the modules that I asserted but
X.org.0.log doesn't suggest that to be the problem.

Oh well, at least you've got some extra info to go back to bothering
the Xorg guys with ;o)

where's ajax when he's really needed?

phil

[Sharpe, Sam J]

Post by psmith
where's ajax when he's really needed?

1 - Scrubbing floors?
2 - Fighting Trojans?
3 - Playing Football?

--
Sam

[1] http://www.colgate.com/app/Colgate/US/HC/Products/HouseholdCleaners/Ajax.cvsp
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax_(mythology)
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFC_Ajax

[Sharpe, Sam J]

Post by psmith
where's ajax when he's really needed?

1 - Scrubbing floors?
2 - Fighting Trojans?
3 - Playing Football?

--
Sam

[1] http://www.colgate.com/app/Colgate/US/HC/Products/HouseholdCleaners/Ajax.cvsp
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax_(mythology)
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFC_Ajax

[Craig White]

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Post by Craig White
I am getting no traction on xorg mail list - perhaps I cannot ask in a
way that makes them answer but the idea is...
Fedora 11 Beta (xrandr 1.3 - yeah!)
If I manually execute the command...
xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1024x600 --panning 1280x1024
I sort of get what I want...well, the background is tiled but my tiny
1024x600 screen becomes usable with panning and I can't understand why I
can't achieve this simply with xorg.conf.
Can anyone see what changes I need to make?

<snip>
I know very little about this but I was keeping an eye on it for my eeePC 701.
randr: Add monitor option "Panning" for initial panning configuration
So that says to me that somewhere in your Xorg.conf Monitor section
you should have a Panning keyword - which you don't have.
Looks like you'll have to dig around in Google though as I haven't
seen any easy source of information about it,

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?h=panning-for-server-1.6&id=44b89dc0a5aa23df69539754fb76c67c310530db
Section "Monitor"
<snip>
Panning 1280x1024
EndSection
might do it...

----
death - death I say...
Parse error on line 44 of section Monitor in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
"Panning" is not a valid keyword in this section.

Option "Panning" "1280x1024"
If you download the src.rpm for Xorg in F11b, Panning is definitely in
hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Crtc.c ... so it /should/ work...

----
In 'Monitor' section...it seems to be ignored.
# grep Panning /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(**) intel(0): Option "Panning" "1280x1024"
(WW) intel(0): Option "Panning" is not used
In 'Display' subsection of 'Screen' instead, likewise
# grep Panning /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(WW) intel(0): Option "Panning" is not used
It may not be compatible with one of the modules that I asserted but
X.org.0.log doesn't suggest that to be the problem.

Oh well, at least you've got some extra info to go back to bothering
the Xorg guys with ;o)

----
I see what you're saying and I'm doubting that the committed code from
December has actually made it into the 1.6 version of xserver in
Fedora-11-Beta. I'm not using the lack of mention in the man page
because that kind of thing can often be overlooked.

As for xorg guys...I've sent 3 e-mails to the xorg list and all I get is
crickets.

Thanks

Craig

[psmith]

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Post by Craig White

Post by Sharpe, Sam J

Post by Sharpe, Sam J

Post by Craig White
I am getting no traction on xorg mail list - perhaps I cannot ask in a
way that makes them answer but the idea is...
Fedora 11 Beta (xrandr 1.3 - yeah!)
If I manually execute the command...
xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1024x600 --panning 1280x1024
I sort of get what I want...well, the background is tiled but my tiny
1024x600 screen becomes usable with panning and I can't understand why I
can't achieve this simply with xorg.conf.
Can anyone see what changes I need to make?

<snip>
I know very little about this but I was keeping an eye on it for my eeePC 701.
? ? ?randr: Add monitor option "Panning" for initial panning configuration
So that says to me that somewhere in your Xorg.conf Monitor section
you should have a Panning keyword - which you don't have.
Looks like you'll have to dig around in Google though as I haven't
seen any easy source of information about it,

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?h=panning-for-server-1.6&id=44b89dc0a5aa23df69539754fb76c67c310530db
Section "Monitor"
<snip>
? ? ?Panning ? ? ? 1280x1024
EndSection
might do it...

----
death - death I say...
Parse error on line 44 of section Monitor in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
? ? ? ?"Panning" is not a valid keyword in this section.

Option "Panning" "1280x1024"
If you download the src.rpm for Xorg in F11b, Panning is definitely in
hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Crtc.c ... so it /should/ work...

----
In 'Monitor' section...it seems to be ignored.
# grep Panning /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(**) intel(0): Option "Panning" "1280x1024"
(WW) intel(0): Option "Panning" is not used
In 'Display' subsection of 'Screen' instead, likewise
# grep Panning /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(WW) intel(0): Option "Panning" is not used
It may not be compatible with one of the modules that I asserted but
X.org.0.log doesn't suggest that to be the problem.

Oh well, at least you've got some extra info to go back to bothering
the Xorg guys with ;o)

where's ajax when he's really needed?

phil

[Sharpe, Sam J]

Post by Craig White

Post by Sharpe, Sam J

Post by Craig White

Post by Sharpe, Sam J

Post by Sharpe, Sam J

Post by Craig White
I am getting no traction on xorg mail list - perhaps I cannot ask in a
way that makes them answer but the idea is...
Fedora 11 Beta (xrandr 1.3 - yeah!)
If I manually execute the command...
xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1024x600 --panning 1280x1024
I sort of get what I want...well, the background is tiled but my tiny
1024x600 screen becomes usable with panning and I can't understand why I
can't achieve this simply with xorg.conf.
Can anyone see what changes I need to make?

<snip>
I know very little about this but I was keeping an eye on it for my eeePC 701.
? ? ?randr: Add monitor option "Panning" for initial panning configuration
So that says to me that somewhere in your Xorg.conf Monitor section
you should have a Panning keyword - which you don't have.
Looks like you'll have to dig around in Google though as I haven't
seen any easy source of information about it,

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?h=panning-for-server-1.6&id=44b89dc0a5aa23df69539754fb76c67c310530db
Section "Monitor"
<snip>
? ? ?Panning ? ? ? 1280x1024
EndSection
might do it...

----
death - death I say...
Parse error on line 44 of section Monitor in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
? ? ? ?"Panning" is not a valid keyword in this section.

Option "Panning" "1280x1024"
If you download the src.rpm for Xorg in F11b, Panning is definitely in
hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Crtc.c ... so it /should/ work...

----
In 'Monitor' section...it seems to be ignored.
# grep Panning /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(**) intel(0): Option "Panning" "1280x1024"
(WW) intel(0): Option "Panning" is not used
In 'Display' subsection of 'Screen' instead, likewise
# grep Panning /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(WW) intel(0): Option "Panning" is not used
It may not be compatible with one of the modules that I asserted but
X.org.0.log doesn't suggest that to be the problem.

Oh well, at least you've got some extra info to go back to bothering
the Xorg guys with ;o)

[Craig White]

Post by Sharpe, Sam J

Post by Craig White

Post by Sharpe, Sam J

Post by Sharpe, Sam J

Post by Craig White
I am getting no traction on xorg mail list - perhaps I cannot ask in a
way that makes them answer but the idea is...
Fedora 11 Beta (xrandr 1.3 - yeah!)
If I manually execute the command...
xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1024x600 --panning 1280x1024
I sort of get what I want...well, the background is tiled but my tiny
1024x600 screen becomes usable with panning and I can't understand why I
can't achieve this simply with xorg.conf.
Can anyone see what changes I need to make?

<snip>
I know very little about this but I was keeping an eye on it for my eeePC 701.
randr: Add monitor option "Panning" for initial panning configuration
So that says to me that somewhere in your Xorg.conf Monitor section
you should have a Panning keyword - which you don't have.
Looks like you'll have to dig around in Google though as I haven't
seen any easy source of information about it,

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?h=panning-for-server-1.6&id=44b89dc0a5aa23df69539754fb76c67c310530db
Section "Monitor"
<snip>
Panning 1280x1024
EndSection
might do it...

----
death - death I say...
Parse error on line 44 of section Monitor in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
"Panning" is not a valid keyword in this section.

Option "Panning" "1280x1024"
If you download the src.rpm for Xorg in F11b, Panning is definitely in
hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Crtc.c ... so it /should/ work...

----
Victory!

I now have virtual scrolling/panning on my 1024x600 screen to 1280x1024
whether or not an external display is connected to the VGA port.

thanks Sam - you inspired me to keep trying.

Turned out that it finally did work but what made it work was adding
back the second Monitor and Screen sections so I could have both my LVDS
and VGA screens and I gather that the larger size of the VGA is what
made it all work.

I have put this info on the Acer Aspire One page on Fedora Wiki for
anyone who is interested and it should provide a really good guide for
Sam's Asus eepro (obviously adjust for the built-in video and external
VGA display).

Link here...
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Acer_Aspire_One#xorg.conf

Oh - this is with Fedora-11-Beta (and current updates) because I believe
the xserver 1.6 and xrandr 1.3 versions are needed to make it work.

Craig

[psmith]

Post by Craig White

Post by Sharpe, Sam J

Post by Craig White

Post by Sharpe, Sam J

Post by Sharpe, Sam J

Post by Craig White
I am getting no traction on xorg mail list - perhaps I cannot ask in a
way that makes them answer but the idea is...
Fedora 11 Beta (xrandr 1.3 - yeah!)
If I manually execute the command...
xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1024x600 --panning 1280x1024
I sort of get what I want...well, the background is tiled but my tiny
1024x600 screen becomes usable with panning and I can't understand why I
can't achieve this simply with xorg.conf.
Can anyone see what changes I need to make?

<snip>
I know very little about this but I was keeping an eye on it for my eeePC 701.
randr: Add monitor option "Panning" for initial panning configuration
So that says to me that somewhere in your Xorg.conf Monitor section
you should have a Panning keyword - which you don't have.
Looks like you'll have to dig around in Google though as I haven't
seen any easy source of information about it,

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?h=panning-for-server-1.6&id=44b89dc0a5aa23df69539754fb76c67c310530db
Section "Monitor"
<snip>
Panning 1280x1024
EndSection
might do it...

----
death - death I say...
Parse error on line 44 of section Monitor in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
"Panning" is not a valid keyword in this section.

Option "Panning" "1280x1024"
If you download the src.rpm for Xorg in F11b, Panning is definitely in
hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Crtc.c ... so it /should/ work...

----
Victory!
I now have virtual scrolling/panning on my 1024x600 screen to 1280x1024
whether or not an external display is connected to the VGA port.
thanks Sam - you inspired me to keep trying.
Turned out that it finally did work but what made it work was adding
back the second Monitor and Screen sections so I could have both my LVDS
and VGA screens and I gather that the larger size of the VGA is what
made it all work.
I have put this info on the Acer Aspire One page on Fedora Wiki for
anyone who is interested and it should provide a really good guide for
Sam's Asus eepro (obviously adjust for the built-in video and external
VGA display).
Link here...
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Acer_Aspire_One#xorg.conf
Oh - this is with Fedora-11-Beta (and current updates) because I believe
the xserver 1.6 and xrandr 1.3 versions are needed to make it work.
Craig

nice work craig!, good to see you finally got it working 8-)

phil

[Craig White]

Post by psmith

Post by Craig White
I now have virtual scrolling/panning on my 1024x600 screen to 1280x1024
whether or not an external display is connected to the VGA port.
Link here...
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Acer_Aspire_One#xorg.conf
Oh - this is with Fedora-11-Beta (and current updates) because I believe
the xserver 1.6 and xrandr 1.3 versions are needed to make it work.
Craig

nice work craig!, good to see you finally got it working 8-)

----
thanks Phil - I think that anyone with an Acer Aspire One will
definitely want this info and Fedora 11 rocks. Breaking the limitations
of the 1024x600 window is a very important detail.

Craig

[Bill Davidsen]

Post by Craig White

Post by psmith

Post by Craig White
I now have virtual scrolling/panning on my 1024x600 screen to 1280x1024
whether or not an external display is connected to the VGA port.
Link here...
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Acer_Aspire_One#xorg.conf
Oh - this is with Fedora-11-Beta (and current updates) because I believe
the xserver 1.6 and xrandr 1.3 versions are needed to make it work.
Craig

nice work craig!, good to see you finally got it working 8-)

----
thanks Phil - I think that anyone with an Acer Aspire One will
definitely want this info and Fedora 11 rocks. Breaking the limitations
of the 1024x600 window is a very important detail.

In another sense, this is valuable because users can now run the physical
display in a lower resolution and use panning to still have the area they need
for a reasonable root window.

[Bill Davidsen]

Post by Craig White

Post by psmith

Post by Craig White
I now have virtual scrolling/panning on my 1024x600 screen to 1280x1024
whether or not an external display is connected to the VGA port.
Link here...
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Acer_Aspire_One#xorg.conf
Oh - this is with Fedora-11-Beta (and current updates) because I believe
the xserver 1.6 and xrandr 1.3 versions are needed to make it work.
Craig

nice work craig!, good to see you finally got it working 8-)

----
thanks Phil - I think that anyone with an Acer Aspire One will
definitely want this info and Fedora 11 rocks. Breaking the limitations
of the 1024x600 window is a very important detail.

In another sense, this is valuable because users can now run the physical
display in a lower resolution and use panning to still have the area they need
for a reasonable root window.

[Craig White]

Post by psmith

Post by Craig White
I now have virtual scrolling/panning on my 1024x600 screen to 1280x1024
whether or not an external display is connected to the VGA port.
Link here...
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Acer_Aspire_One#xorg.conf
Oh - this is with Fedora-11-Beta (and current updates) because I believe
the xserver 1.6 and xrandr 1.3 versions are needed to make it work.
Craig

nice work craig!, good to see you finally got it working 8-)

----
thanks Phil - I think that anyone with an Acer Aspire One will
definitely want this info and Fedora 11 rocks. Breaking the limitations
of the 1024x600 window is a very important detail.

Craig

[psmith]

Post by Craig White

Post by Sharpe, Sam J

Post by Craig White

Post by Sharpe, Sam J

Post by Sharpe, Sam J

Post by Craig White
I am getting no traction on xorg mail list - perhaps I cannot ask in a
way that makes them answer but the idea is...
Fedora 11 Beta (xrandr 1.3 - yeah!)
If I manually execute the command...
xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1024x600 --panning 1280x1024
I sort of get what I want...well, the background is tiled but my tiny
1024x600 screen becomes usable with panning and I can't understand why I
can't achieve this simply with xorg.conf.
Can anyone see what changes I need to make?

<snip>
I know very little about this but I was keeping an eye on it for my eeePC 701.
randr: Add monitor option "Panning" for initial panning configuration
So that says to me that somewhere in your Xorg.conf Monitor section
you should have a Panning keyword - which you don't have.
Looks like you'll have to dig around in Google though as I haven't
seen any easy source of information about it,

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?h=panning-for-server-1.6&id=44b89dc0a5aa23df69539754fb76c67c310530db
Section "Monitor"
<snip>
Panning 1280x1024
EndSection
might do it...

----
death - death I say...
Parse error on line 44 of section Monitor in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
"Panning" is not a valid keyword in this section.

Option "Panning" "1280x1024"
If you download the src.rpm for Xorg in F11b, Panning is definitely in
hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Crtc.c ... so it /should/ work...

----
Victory!
I now have virtual scrolling/panning on my 1024x600 screen to 1280x1024
whether or not an external display is connected to the VGA port.
thanks Sam - you inspired me to keep trying.
Turned out that it finally did work but what made it work was adding
back the second Monitor and Screen sections so I could have both my LVDS
and VGA screens and I gather that the larger size of the VGA is what
made it all work.
I have put this info on the Acer Aspire One page on Fedora Wiki for
anyone who is interested and it should provide a really good guide for
Sam's Asus eepro (obviously adjust for the built-in video and external
VGA display).
Link here...
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Acer_Aspire_One#xorg.conf
Oh - this is with Fedora-11-Beta (and current updates) because I believe
the xserver 1.6 and xrandr 1.3 versions are needed to make it work.
Craig

nice work craig!, good to see you finally got it working 8-)

phil

[Craig White]

Post by Sharpe, Sam J

Post by Craig White

Post by Sharpe, Sam J

Post by Sharpe, Sam J

Post by Craig White
I am getting no traction on xorg mail list - perhaps I cannot ask in a
way that makes them answer but the idea is...
Fedora 11 Beta (xrandr 1.3 - yeah!)
If I manually execute the command...
xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1024x600 --panning 1280x1024
I sort of get what I want...well, the background is tiled but my tiny
1024x600 screen becomes usable with panning and I can't understand why I
can't achieve this simply with xorg.conf.
Can anyone see what changes I need to make?

<snip>
I know very little about this but I was keeping an eye on it for my eeePC 701.
randr: Add monitor option "Panning" for initial panning configuration
So that says to me that somewhere in your Xorg.conf Monitor section
you should have a Panning keyword - which you don't have.
Looks like you'll have to dig around in Google though as I haven't
seen any easy source of information about it,

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?h=panning-for-server-1.6&id=44b89dc0a5aa23df69539754fb76c67c310530db
Section "Monitor"
<snip>
Panning 1280x1024
EndSection
might do it...

----
death - death I say...
Parse error on line 44 of section Monitor in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
"Panning" is not a valid keyword in this section.

Option "Panning" "1280x1024"
If you download the src.rpm for Xorg in F11b, Panning is definitely in
hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Crtc.c ... so it /should/ work...

----
In 'Monitor' section...it seems to be ignored.

# grep Panning /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(**) intel(0): Option "Panning" "1280x1024"
(WW) intel(0): Option "Panning" is not used

In 'Display' subsection of 'Screen' instead, likewise

# grep Panning /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(WW) intel(0): Option "Panning" is not used

It may not be compatible with one of the modules that I asserted but
X.org.0.log doesn't suggest that to be the problem.

Craig

[Craig White]

Post by Sharpe, Sam J

Post by Craig White

Post by Sharpe, Sam J

Post by Sharpe, Sam J

Post by Craig White
I am getting no traction on xorg mail list - perhaps I cannot ask in a
way that makes them answer but the idea is...
Fedora 11 Beta (xrandr 1.3 - yeah!)
If I manually execute the command...
xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1024x600 --panning 1280x1024
I sort of get what I want...well, the background is tiled but my tiny
1024x600 screen becomes usable with panning and I can't understand why I
can't achieve this simply with xorg.conf.
Can anyone see what changes I need to make?

<snip>
I know very little about this but I was keeping an eye on it for my eeePC 701.
randr: Add monitor option "Panning" for initial panning configuration
So that says to me that somewhere in your Xorg.conf Monitor section
you should have a Panning keyword - which you don't have.
Looks like you'll have to dig around in Google though as I haven't
seen any easy source of information about it,

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?h=panning-for-server-1.6&id=44b89dc0a5aa23df69539754fb76c67c310530db
Section "Monitor"
<snip>
Panning 1280x1024
EndSection
might do it...

----
death - death I say...
Parse error on line 44 of section Monitor in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
"Panning" is not a valid keyword in this section.

Option "Panning" "1280x1024"
If you download the src.rpm for Xorg in F11b, Panning is definitely in
hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Crtc.c ... so it /should/ work...

----
Victory!

I now have virtual scrolling/panning on my 1024x600 screen to 1280x1024
whether or not an external display is connected to the VGA port.

thanks Sam - you inspired me to keep trying.

Turned out that it finally did work but what made it work was adding
back the second Monitor and Screen sections so I could have both my LVDS
and VGA screens and I gather that the larger size of the VGA is what
made it all work.

I have put this info on the Acer Aspire One page on Fedora Wiki for
anyone who is interested and it should provide a really good guide for
Sam's Asus eepro (obviously adjust for the built-in video and external
VGA display).

Link here...
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Acer_Aspire_One#xorg.conf

Oh - this is with Fedora-11-Beta (and current updates) because I believe
the xserver 1.6 and xrandr 1.3 versions are needed to make it work.

Craig

[Sharpe, Sam J]

Post by Craig White

Post by Sharpe, Sam J

Post by Sharpe, Sam J

Post by Craig White
I am getting no traction on xorg mail list - perhaps I cannot ask in a
way that makes them answer but the idea is...
Fedora 11 Beta (xrandr 1.3 - yeah!)
If I manually execute the command...
xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1024x600 --panning 1280x1024
I sort of get what I want...well, the background is tiled but my tiny
1024x600 screen becomes usable with panning and I can't understand why I
can't achieve this simply with xorg.conf.
Can anyone see what changes I need to make?

<snip>
I know very little about this but I was keeping an eye on it for my eeePC 701.
? ? ?randr: Add monitor option "Panning" for initial panning configuration
So that says to me that somewhere in your Xorg.conf Monitor section
you should have a Panning keyword - which you don't have.
Looks like you'll have to dig around in Google though as I haven't
seen any easy source of information about it,

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?h=panning-for-server-1.6&id=44b89dc0a5aa23df69539754fb76c67c310530db
Section "Monitor"
<snip>
? ? ?Panning ? ? ? 1280x1024
EndSection
might do it...

----
death - death I say...
Parse error on line 44 of section Monitor in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
? ? ? ?"Panning" is not a valid keyword in this section.

Have you tried:

Option "Panning" "1280x1024"

If you download the src.rpm for Xorg in F11b, Panning is definitely in
hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Crtc.c ... so it /should/ work...

[Craig White]

Post by Sharpe, Sam J

Post by Sharpe, Sam J

Post by Craig White
I am getting no traction on xorg mail list - perhaps I cannot ask in a
way that makes them answer but the idea is...
Fedora 11 Beta (xrandr 1.3 - yeah!)
If I manually execute the command...
xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1024x600 --panning 1280x1024
I sort of get what I want...well, the background is tiled but my tiny
1024x600 screen becomes usable with panning and I can't understand why I
can't achieve this simply with xorg.conf.
Can anyone see what changes I need to make?

<snip>
I know very little about this but I was keeping an eye on it for my eeePC 701.
randr: Add monitor option "Panning" for initial panning configuration
So that says to me that somewhere in your Xorg.conf Monitor section
you should have a Panning keyword - which you don't have.
Looks like you'll have to dig around in Google though as I haven't
seen any easy source of information about it,

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?h=panning-for-server-1.6&id=44b89dc0a5aa23df69539754fb76c67c310530db
Section "Monitor"
<snip>
Panning 1280x1024
EndSection
might do it...

----
death - death I say...

Parse error on line 44 of section Monitor in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
"Panning" is not a valid keyword in this section.

nope - no workee - it's an X killer, and in the man page for xorg.conf
on Fedora-11-Beta (x-server 1.6), there is absolutely no mention of
Panning at all.

FWIW - you should be able to make 'panning' work via xrandr on your Asus
with what I gave you above (adjust for the name of your display) and I
suppose I could probably add the panning command to a startup script
after login but it seems neater/cleaner/ and an end to the regression
that I could accomplish so easily on Fedora Core 4.

Thanks

Craig

[Sharpe, Sam J]

Post by Sharpe, Sam J

Post by Craig White
I am getting no traction on xorg mail list - perhaps I cannot ask in a
way that makes them answer but the idea is...
Fedora 11 Beta (xrandr 1.3 - yeah!)
If I manually execute the command...
xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1024x600 --panning 1280x1024
I sort of get what I want...well, the background is tiled but my tiny
1024x600 screen becomes usable with panning and I can't understand why I
can't achieve this simply with xorg.conf.
Can anyone see what changes I need to make?

<snip>
I know very little about this but I was keeping an eye on it for my eeePC 701.
? ? ?randr: Add monitor option "Panning" for initial panning configuration
So that says to me that somewhere in your Xorg.conf Monitor section
you should have a Panning keyword - which you don't have.
Looks like you'll have to dig around in Google though as I haven't
seen any easy source of information about it,

Or you could look at the code:
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?h=panning-for-server-1.6&id=44b89dc0a5aa23df69539754fb76c67c310530db

Looks to me like:

Section "Monitor"
<snip>
Panning 1280x1024
EndSection

might do it...

[Craig White]

I am getting no traction on xorg mail list - perhaps I cannot ask in a
way that makes them answer but the idea is...

Fedora 11 Beta (xrandr 1.3 - yeah!)

If I manually execute the command...
xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1024x600 --panning 1280x1024

I sort of get what I want...well, the background is tiled but my tiny
1024x600 screen becomes usable with panning and I can't understand why I
can't achieve this simply with xorg.conf.

Can anyone see what changes I need to make?

xorg.conf looks like this...(some clippage)
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "catalogue:/etc/X11/fontpath.d"
FontPath "built-ins"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "dri"
Load "dri2"
Load "record"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section
"Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
ModelName "LCD Panel 1280x1024"
Modeline "1024?600" 48.96 1024 1064 1168 1312 600 601 604 622 \
-HSync +VSync
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "intel"
VendorName "Intel Corporation"
BoardName "Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "1024x600"
Depth 24
Virtual 1280 1024
EndSubSection
EndSection

[Sharpe, Sam J]

Post by Craig White
I am getting no traction on xorg mail list - perhaps I cannot ask in a
way that makes them answer but the idea is...
Fedora 11 Beta (xrandr 1.3 - yeah!)
If I manually execute the command...
xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1024x600 --panning 1280x1024
I sort of get what I want...well, the background is tiled but my tiny
1024x600 screen becomes usable with panning and I can't understand why I
can't achieve this simply with xorg.conf.
Can anyone see what changes I need to make?

<snip>

I know very little about this but I was keeping an eye on it for my eeePC 701.

The changelog for Xorg 1.5.99 says:

Matthias Hopf (5):
randr: Add monitor option "Panning" for initial panning configuration

So that says to me that somewhere in your Xorg.conf Monitor section
you should have a Panning keyword - which you don't have.

Looks like you'll have to dig around in Google though as I haven't
seen any easy source of information about it,