Comment 77 for bug 881046

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In , Felix Miata (mrmazda) wrote :

(In reply to comment #53)
> Probably this bug has been marked invalid because there is a mix of two bugs
> here: one is related to panning (which I do not know if it's fixed or no),
> and the other one to mouse constraints when scaling

This bug has not been marked invalid.

> I have X.Org X Server 1.14.5 , and if I issue

> xrandr --output LVDS1 --scale 2x2

> the screen scales correctly, but then the mouse is restricted to the
> (original 1x1 viewport) upper left quarter of the screen, making the scaling
> completely unuseful.

That's why the summary says doesn't "work". Unuseful and doesn't work are functionally equivalent ways of saying it is broken (constrained mouse) and thus not providing function (able to reach all areas of screen with mouse) that makes it usable (can't click mixer icon on panel).