[SPARCbook] Flakey keyboards, framebuffers, and power manglement

[Mark G. Thomas]

Hi,

....
> Now that I've gotten Solaris 2.6 loaded and patched up on the box, I've been
> playing with the framebuffer and power configs, and I've got a couple of
> questions:
> 
> 1. Is it possible to get the X server into a "pan-and-scan" mode, where the
> virtual desktop resolution is larger than the screen size? I've been playing
> with fbconfig without too much luck... I know it can be done on the Solaris
> 1.1.2 install that's on the other HD I've got. Also, will the framebuffer
> support 16-bit color at a resolution higher than 800x600? I've got no mode
> definitions that indicate that this is possible, though there should be enough
> video RAM to do 1152x900 in 16-bit color.

I don't think this answers your question, but pressing PAUSE & PAGE-UP will 
zoom in and give you a *much* magnified screen, which you can then pan across.
PAUSE & PAGE-DOWN to disable.

If you install fvwm, that provides a larger virtual desktop, but I'm not
sure if there is a way of doing this with the stock window manager X
combination.

> 2. Is there a hot key already defined to do a suspend? I'd like to map the power
> button to do this, but don't know if it's possible. It'd be nice to be able to
> suspend without pulling up a menu.

I didn't realize it was also on a menu.  ;-)

PAUSE-O will initial a suspend from the keyboard.

-Mark



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Mark G. Thomas (Mark at Misty.com -- http://www.misty.com/)