One of the bad things about using a small screen is that some of the dialog boxes you may encounter are taller than a netbook screen. This will create a 1280x800 virtual desktop for you that will scroll when you hit the screen edges with your mouse pointer -
xrandr --output LVDS1 --rate 60 --mode 1024x600 --fb 1280x800 --panning 1280x800
and to put it back -
xrandr --output LVDS1 --rate 60 --mode 1024x600 --fb 1024x600
The second line throws an error but it works. I just created shell scripts for both and added them to my K menu so I can switch between a scrolling screen and the standard netbook screen with a mouse click or two.
If your default screen resolution is something other than 1024x600 you'll need to change that above -
xrandr
with no parameters will tell you which resolutions your video hardware supports.
Enjoy!
edit: This is currently broken in Oneric. There's a bug submitted to fix it - I'll remove this comment once mine works again
xrandr --output LVDS1 --rate 60 --mode 1024x600 --fb 1280x800 --panning 1280x800
and to put it back -
xrandr --output LVDS1 --rate 60 --mode 1024x600 --fb 1024x600
The second line throws an error but it works. I just created shell scripts for both and added them to my K menu so I can switch between a scrolling screen and the standard netbook screen with a mouse click or two.
If your default screen resolution is something other than 1024x600 you'll need to change that above -
xrandr
with no parameters will tell you which resolutions your video hardware supports.
Enjoy!
edit: This is currently broken in Oneric. There's a bug submitted to fix it - I'll remove this comment once mine works again
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