X11 server Virtual Desktop Support

[Keith Roberts]

On Wed, 27 Aug 2008, Adam Jackson wrote:

> To: For testers of Fedora Core development releases
>     <fedora-test-list at redhat.com>
> From: Adam Jackson <ajax at redhat.com>
> Subject: Re: X11 server Virtual Desktop Support
> 
> On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 19:02 +0100, Keith Roberts wrote:
>> Hi all. I understand that support for the virtual keyword
>> has been removed from the latest update of X11 server.
>
> It's a function of the driver, not the server.  And you haven't
> mentioned which driver.
>
> - ajax

Here are the details from my Xorg.0.log for this particular 
machine:

X Window System Version 1.3.0 Release Date: 19 April 2007 X 
Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 1.3 Build Operating 
System: Fedora 8 Red Hat, Inc. Current Operating System: 
Linux karsites 2.6.25.14-69.fc8 #1 SMP Mon Aug 4 14:20:24 
EDT 2008 i686 Build Date: 24 July 2008 Build ID: 
xorg-x11-server 1.3.0.0-47.fc8

*snip*
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:2:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) nVidia Corporation NV31 [GeForce FX 5600XT] rev 161, Mem @ 0xce000000/24, 0xb0000000/28, BIOS @ 0xcfee0000/17

(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "nv"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//nv_drv.so
(II) Module nv: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
 	compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 2.1.6
 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.2

*snip*

(II) Module int10: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
 	compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.2
(II) NV(0): Initializing int10
(II) NV(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000
(--) NV(0): Chipset: "GeForce FX 5600XT"
(**) NV(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) NV(0): RGB weight 888
(==) NV(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(II) Loading sub module "vgahw"
(II) LoadModule: "vgahw"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libvgahw.so

*snip*

(II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (width too large for virtual size)
(II) NV(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (width too large for virtual size)
(II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (width too large for virtual size)
(II) NV(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (width too large for virtual size)
(II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (width too large for virtual size)
(II) NV(0): Not using driver mode "1024x768" (width too large for virtual size)
(**) NV(0): Virtual size is 800x1800 (pitch 800)

Kind Regards,

Keith Roberts