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[Jonathan Greenblatt <881046@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The bug affecting dual monitors was to keep things from going off the
edge of the screen of the smaller monitor. In fixing that bug the signal
to pan in xorg was disabled due to the fact the mouse does not go off
the screen to signal the need to scroll.

Some apps will not work on small screens given they have buttons that go
off the bottom of the screen.

For now I have found a workaround for small monitors. I have been
experimenting with FVWM and the EdgeScroll feature. This feature may
take less video memory given I believe it does rely on the frame buffer
so the virtual screen can be as big as you want (if I understand how
frame buffers work?). It seems some expertise is needed to incorporate
the panels/look and feel from other desktops but something is necessary
to use apps where buttons go off the bottom of the screen. A little
experimenting I am finding lxpanel works great with EdgeScroll enabled
make sure lxpanel is set to StaysOnTop.

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Title:
  Panning in a virtual monitor is not possible after upgrade to Ubuntu
  11.10

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