[Bug 42731] Re: MULTIHEAD SUPPORT META BUG
Closing this bug because by and large the new xrandr capabilities take care of all the multi-head issues. Not all drivers use xrandr currently - binary drivers in particular. However, all the major drivers do. There are some limitations such as needing to specify Virtual options for -intel, but these issues are reported separately already. Configuration can now be done using either the xrandr command-line utility or in the xorg.conf file. In addition, we're anticipating having a GUI to do this, by either Hardy or Hardy+1. ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Bryce Harrington (bryceharrington) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- MULTIHEAD SUPPORT META BUG https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/42731 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 42731] Re: MULTIHEAD SUPPORT META BUG
Thank you very much for the help. I appreciate it. V. Brewer - Original Message - From: "Bryce Harrington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 11:34 PM Subject: [Bug 42731] Re: MULTIHEAD SUPPORT META BUG Another howto: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=221174 -- MULTIHEAD SUPPORT META BUG https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/42731 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of a duplicate bug. -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.463 / Virus Database: 269.6.0/775 - Release Date: 4/24/2007 5:43 PM -- MULTIHEAD SUPPORT META BUG https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/42731 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Team, which is a subscriber of a duplicate bug. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 42731] Re: MULTIHEAD SUPPORT META BUG
I don't have a launchpad account, I don't know why I'm "a direct subscriber of a duplicate bug," and I don't want these emails! On Apr 24, 2007, at 8:07 AM, james wrote: > This metabug is _not_ strictly a duplicate of Bug #96498. > Specifically > in the context of booting Ubuntu from the live CD, let us suppose that > we do not care if the dual head display is correctly configured. > Instead, we suppose that the user simply wants _a_ display, as opposed > to a "black" screen, this being the difference between an "immediately > usable" and "not immediately unusable" system, and assuming that the > text-mode virtual-terminals are still running successfully, as was > _not_ > the case in one of the beta CDs, in which case the situation is even > worse. To achieve this, the configuration script simply needs to > distinguish the "currently in use" video card from the "not > currently in > use" video card, and then continue to configure a "single head" > system, > as normal. So the question is: Is there an easy way to distinguish > which video card is "currently in use"? > > -- > MULTIHEAD SUPPORT META BUG > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/42731 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of a duplicate bug. -- MULTIHEAD SUPPORT META BUG https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/42731 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Team, which is a subscriber of a duplicate bug. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 42731] Re: MULTIHEAD SUPPORT META BUG
This metabug is _not_ strictly a duplicate of Bug #96498. Specifically in the context of booting Ubuntu from the live CD, let us suppose that we do not care if the dual head display is correctly configured. Instead, we suppose that the user simply wants _a_ display, as opposed to a "black" screen, this being the difference between an "immediately usable" and "not immediately unusable" system, and assuming that the text-mode virtual-terminals are still running successfully, as was _not_ the case in one of the beta CDs, in which case the situation is even worse. To achieve this, the configuration script simply needs to distinguish the "currently in use" video card from the "not currently in use" video card, and then continue to configure a "single head" system, as normal. So the question is: Is there an easy way to distinguish which video card is "currently in use"? -- MULTIHEAD SUPPORT META BUG https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/42731 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Team, which is a subscriber of a duplicate bug. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 42731] Re: MULTIHEAD SUPPORT META BUG
Another howto: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=221174 -- MULTIHEAD SUPPORT META BUG https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/42731 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 42731] Re: MULTIHEAD SUPPORT META BUG
There's a pretty good howto for multi head / multiterminal Ubuntu here (however it still required a patched Xephyr etc.): http://netpatia.blogspot.com/2006/09/multiseat-computer-with-ubuntu.html -- MULTIHEAD SUPPORT META BUG https://launchpad.net/bugs/42731 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 42731] Re: MULTIHEAD SUPPORT META BUG
** Tags added: multihead multiseat -- MULTIHEAD SUPPORT META BUG https://launchpad.net/bugs/42731 -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 42731] Re: MULTIHEAD SUPPORT META BUG
I still think there are two classes of problem here, that have not been recognised by lumping them together in this meta bug. Yes, we need to work out how to deal with multihead better, but we should not BREAK things with a new release, and that's what happened with dapper. -- MULTIHEAD SUPPORT META BUG https://launchpad.net/bugs/42731 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
