On Sun, 2009-01-11 at 10:54 -0500, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > On Sun, 2009-01-11 at 08:12 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > Has anyone worked around the display size limit on units like the ASUS > > eee? They list a 800x480 display resolution, and I have encountered > > Gnome dialogs that require at least 800x600 to see the <OK> button on > > the bottom of the panel. > > Configure a virtual (panning) desktop that is larger than the physical > screen. This used to be *very* common back when average display > resolutions where much lower and is well supported by X. But I don't > think the installers provide this option anymore when configuring X so > you might have to play with "/etc/X11/xorg.conf". > > > > Something like: > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "Videocard0" > Monitor "Monitor0" > DefaultDepth 16 > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Virtual 1024 768 > Depth 16 > Modes "800x600" > EndSubSection > EndSection > > - provides a 1024x768 virtual desktop on a 800x600 display. ---- agreed - I always have done something similar with my Sony Picturebook C1X which apparently has finally bitten the dust. The thing that I found though is that if you can only get 800 pixels across, I might just go with an 800x600 virtual so that the only slide was vertical because going virtual in both the X and Y axis might prove unnerving and would be more awkward to get accustomed to. Craig