Bug 373127 - support for setting the display size independently from the monitor resolutions
Summary: support for setting the display size independently from the monitor resolutions
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
: 391829 (view as bug list)
Alias: None
Product: openSUSE 11.1
Classification: openSUSE
Component: SaX2 (show other bugs)
Version: Alpha 0
Hardware: Other Other
: P5 - None : Enhancement with 5 votes (vote)
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Assignee: Stefan Dirsch
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Reported: 2008-03-22 14:17 UTC by Tim Fechtner
Modified: 2009-09-14 07:57 UTC (History)
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Description Tim Fechtner 2008-03-22 14:17:26 UTC
Please make it possible to set the "display size" for X.org (the aplitune of the image rendered by X) manually in Sax - independently from the monitor resolutions.

Example: I've a Laptop with a display of 1280x800. I want to use a video projector or a monitor at the VGA output in "clone mode" with the resolution of 1280x960 (they don't support 16:10, but only 4:3) with black margins on top and at the bottom of the page. So the "display size" should of course be 1280x800 - but Sax sets it to 1280x960.

Or dependently of your hardware, maybe you want to have the second head of the graphic card with a smaller resolution than the first...?

For laptops, there is a need for flexible setup of display size and monitor resolutions. Setting the display size automaticly isn't flexible enougth. Sax should offer the possibility to set the display size explicitly by the user.
Comment 1 Marcus Schaefer 2008-03-24 15:59:58 UTC
development of sax2 is frozen, enhancements should be discussed with X11
team. contact Stefan Dirsch for details
Comment 2 Tim Fechtner 2008-05-18 10:18:11 UTC
*** Bug 391829 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Tim Fechtner 2008-05-18 10:21:55 UTC
Reopening for 11.1
Comment 4 Marcus Schaefer 2008-05-19 13:07:24 UTC
will not change that for 11.0
Comment 5 Stephan Kulow 2008-06-25 09:11:13 UTC
mass reopening of later+remind bugs of 11.0
Comment 6 Marcus Schaefer 2008-06-25 09:52:45 UTC
Stefan do you want to take care for this one ? if not feel free to 
close this one
Comment 7 Stefan Dirsch 2008-06-25 10:26:34 UTC
I think that's the wrong approach. Resolutions should be switched on the fly by using xrandr. ==> WONTFIX