Virtual desktop - smaller than display

[Alex Deucher]

On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 3:21 PM, Martin Langhoff
<martin.langhoff at gmail.com> wrote:
> [ Working on an XO-1.5, F11, X.org 1.6.4, in Xinerama mode across a
> Via/Chrome device and SiS USB2VGA.]
>
> The internal screen and desktop are 1200x900 and we cannot change that
> (as we have hw that is locked to that rez).
>
> Is there a way to feed a Virtual config that is _smaller_ than the
> display size, and have X put the (smaller) desktop in the center of
> the screen, with black/white/grey bands around?

if your hw supports a scaler, just set the smaller mode and have it
scale up to the larger screen mode.  If not, you'll have to mess with
the h/v border widths in the modeline to generate a center mode.

Alex