Using xrandr to scale screen along Y
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Im trying to configure my screen to occupy the upper half of a single monitor such that the entire desktop is still displayed. The following command successfully shows only the upper half of the screen:
xrandr --fb 1920x540 --output VGA1 (1080 vertical resolution)
I would expect the following command to then scale the screen while still occupying only the upper portion of the monitor.
xrandr --fb 1920x540 --output VGA1 --scale 1x.5
However, this ends up scaling the display and occupying the entire monitor.
EDIT: I have a stretched LCD panel where the manufacturer literally "cuts" the display such that the vertical resolution it reports is greater than what's visible. Rather than adapt my software to fit a particular resolution I thought it would be interesting to scale the entire desktop, which would also allow for ease of system management.
EDIT: I've tried several monitors (using VGA) with no change. I've also tried adding new modes with half the vertical resolution, with and without halving the refresh rate.
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Im trying to configure my screen to occupy the upper half of a single monitor such that the entire desktop is still displayed. The following command successfully shows only the upper half of the screen:
xrandr --fb 1920x540 --output VGA1 (1080 vertical resolution)
I would expect the following command to then scale the screen while still occupying only the upper portion of the monitor.
xrandr --fb 1920x540 --output VGA1 --scale 1x.5
However, this ends up scaling the display and occupying the entire monitor.
EDIT: I have a stretched LCD panel where the manufacturer literally "cuts" the display such that the vertical resolution it reports is greater than what's visible. Rather than adapt my software to fit a particular resolution I thought it would be interesting to scale the entire desktop, which would also allow for ease of system management.
EDIT: I've tried several monitors (using VGA) with no change. I've also tried adding new modes with half the vertical resolution, with and without halving the refresh rate.
centos xrandr
asked Feb 26 at 18:29
Douglas Cooper
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I'm not sure what you want to do, but you could look at--scale-frominstead.
– meuh
Feb 27 at 15:26
I tried--scale-from, but it appears equivalent to the second command listed in my question.
– Douglas Cooper
Feb 28 at 15:41
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Im trying to configure my screen to occupy the upper half of a single monitor such that the entire desktop is still displayed. The following command successfully shows only the upper half of the screen:
xrandr --fb 1920x540 --output VGA1 (1080 vertical resolution)
I would expect the following command to then scale the screen while still occupying only the upper portion of the monitor.
xrandr --fb 1920x540 --output VGA1 --scale 1x.5
However, this ends up scaling the display and occupying the entire monitor.
EDIT: I have a stretched LCD panel where the manufacturer literally "cuts" the display such that the vertical resolution it reports is greater than what's visible. Rather than adapt my software to fit a particular resolution I thought it would be interesting to scale the entire desktop, which would also allow for ease of system management.
EDIT: I've tried several monitors (using VGA) with no change. I've also tried adding new modes with half the vertical resolution, with and without halving the refresh rate.
centos xrandr
asked Feb 26 at 18:29
Douglas Cooper
62
Im trying to configure my screen to occupy the upper half of a single monitor such that the entire desktop is still displayed. The following command successfully shows only the upper half of the screen:
xrandr --fb 1920x540 --output VGA1 (1080 vertical resolution)
I would expect the following command to then scale the screen while still occupying only the upper portion of the monitor.
xrandr --fb 1920x540 --output VGA1 --scale 1x.5
However, this ends up scaling the display and occupying the entire monitor.
EDIT: I have a stretched LCD panel where the manufacturer literally "cuts" the display such that the vertical resolution it reports is greater than what's visible. Rather than adapt my software to fit a particular resolution I thought it would be interesting to scale the entire desktop, which would also allow for ease of system management.
EDIT: I've tried several monitors (using VGA) with no change. I've also tried adding new modes with half the vertical resolution, with and without halving the refresh rate.
centos xrandr
asked Feb 26 at 18:29
Douglas Cooper
62
edited Feb 28 at 15:45
asked Feb 26 at 18:29
Douglas Cooper
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asked Feb 26 at 18:29
Douglas Cooper
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asked Feb 26 at 18:29
Douglas Cooper
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I'm not sure what you want to do, but you could look at--scale-frominstead.
– meuh
Feb 27 at 15:26
I tried--scale-from, but it appears equivalent to the second command listed in my question.
– Douglas Cooper
Feb 28 at 15:41
add a comment |Â
I'm not sure what you want to do, but you could look at--scale-frominstead.
– meuh
Feb 27 at 15:26
I tried--scale-from, but it appears equivalent to the second command listed in my question.
– Douglas Cooper
Feb 28 at 15:41
I'm not sure what you want to do, but you could look at
--scale-from instead.– meuh
Feb 27 at 15:26
I'm not sure what you want to do, but you could look at
--scale-from instead.– meuh
Feb 27 at 15:26
I tried
--scale-from, but it appears equivalent to the second command listed in my question.– Douglas Cooper
Feb 28 at 15:41
I tried
--scale-from, but it appears equivalent to the second command listed in my question.– Douglas Cooper
Feb 28 at 15:41
add a comment |Â
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I'm not sure what you want to do, but you could look at
--scale-frominstead.– meuh
Feb 27 at 15:26
I tried
--scale-from, but it appears equivalent to the second command listed in my question.– Douglas Cooper
Feb 28 at 15:41