From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: York Sun Subject: Re: How to test virtual resolution Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:51:36 -0500 Message-ID: <1218055896.25178.7.camel@oslab.mtwk.freescale.net> References: <1218052776.25178.5.camel@oslab.mtwk.freescale.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.91] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KQq0M-0002y7-6r for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:53:10 -0700 Received: from az33egw02.freescale.net ([192.88.158.103]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.44) id 1KQq0L-0001LO-RL for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:53:10 -0700 Received: from az33smr01.freescale.net (az33smr01.freescale.net [10.64.34.199]) by az33egw02.freescale.net (8.12.11/az33egw02) with ESMTP id m76Kr5Hx015742 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 2008 13:53:05 -0700 (MST) Received: from az33exm22.fsl.freescale.net (az33exm22.am.freescale.net [10.64.32.10]) by az33smr01.freescale.net (8.13.1/8.13.0) with ESMTP id m76Kr4AP026664 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 2008 15:53:05 -0500 (CDT) In-Reply-To: List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net I actually use fbset -g to set the resolutions. Does fbset have anything to do with panning? York On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 22:06 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Wed, 6 Aug 2008, York Sun wrote: > > Fbset can definitely change the resolution but it doesn't pan the > > screen. I looked around but didn't find an application takes advantage > > of the virtual resolution. > > Sorry, I forgot to mention that the panning test requires that you > manually enable a large virtual resolution before running fbtest. > > E.g. `fbset -vxres 2000 -vyres 2000' > > > On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 21:17 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > > On Wed, 6 Aug 2008, sun york wrote: > > > > I was asked to add the support for virtual resolution for fsl_diu_fb. I > > > > don't know how to test it without X. It seems that fbcon can use the > > > > virtual resolution and pan around. Can someone shed some light on this? > > > > > > You can try fbtest (CVS module FBdev/utlilities/fbtest on > > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-fbdev). > > Gr{oetje,eeting}s, > > Geert > > -- > Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org > > In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But > when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. > -- Linus Torvalds ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/