Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (235 mails)

[Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@xxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 10:24:07AM +0100, James Ogley wrote:
> Before I start mucking about with things, I note that X.Org 7.2.0
> supports autoconfiguration meaning that "in most cases"[1], the X server
> should be able to start without an xorg.conf file.
> 
> Are the packages in Factory set up to do this and will using the nvidia
> driver break it?

I never tested this. SaX2 still exists.

> Also, 7.3 offers output hotplug[2], do the packages in xorg73 on the
> build service support this and does this result in being able to use the
> external VGA on my notebook as an independent display like I could in
> other popular OSs?[3]

Currently only with "intel", "radeonrandr12" and "nv" (G80 only)
drivers. See http://www.suse.de/~sndirsch/intel.html for more details
for using it on intel graphics hardware.

> [1] http://xorg.freedesktop.org/wiki/Releases/7.2
> [2] http://xorg.freedesktop.org/wiki/Releases/7.3
> [3] By which I mean my panels don't span both displays, [XGK]DM appears
> on the built-in display even when an external monitor is connected but I
> can use the external display as "monitor 2" for displaying OOo Impress
> presentations.

Best regards,
Stefan

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