https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=270846
mhopf@novell.com changed:
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------- Comment #4 from mhopf@novell.com 2007-05-03 11:12 MST -------
All monitor-specific data still comes from the driver :-(
(II) intel(0): Output configuration:
(II) intel(0): Pipe A is on
(II) intel(0): Display plane A is now enabled and connected to pipe A.
(II) intel(0): Pipe B is off
(II) intel(0): Display plane B is now disabled and connected to pipe B.
(II) intel(0): Output VGA is connected to pipe A
Even worse, this full information is not included with -probeonly. With that
option, only the previous short information is available:
(II) intel(0): Output VGA connected
(II) intel(0): Output VGA using initial mode 1152x768
Ok, now as Keith has added the "Enable" option, we can even have the same
configuration as before, by adding a monitor section for each detected monitor,
with the 'Option "Enable" "true"' included (tested, this works).
However, strictly speaking this is no longer necessary as we already have a
workaround / solution for that in /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager, setting this
dynamically just before login.
We should discuss which way to go in this case (laptop).
For the general (fixed monitors, dual-head workstation) case:
In sax, add monitor descriptions named "Monitor[<OUTPUT>]" as found, add
Option "monitor-<OUTPUT>" "Monitor[<OUTPUT>]"
to the driver section. Add
Virtual <width> <height>
with the *total* width and height of the complete monitor setup to each Display
subsection of the Screen section. Add
Option "LeftOf" "Monitor[