Re: How to get two monitors working in Linux?
> I'm not familiar with LXDE, but desktop environments have recently been > losing proper support for multiple X screens. For example, KDE 3 worked > great with multiple X screens but KDE 4 shows the > black-screen-and-giant-X-cursor problem you're describing with LXDE. I > would suggest contacting LXDE's support community to ask for proper > multiple X screen support. LXDE I believe needs you to start it on each screen you want to use. Which is a good deal more sociable than some of the 'grab all the desktop' approaches some desktops of old used and Gnome still tries sort of does (badly), particularly as modern usage is often to dedicate a display to things like video playback (ie the HDMI port to the television or a projector and the like) > I believe Firefox still has a similar problem, though I haven't tried it > recently. Firefox is still terminally confused about such things short of giving each desktop its own profile. Alan ___ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: live copy of an X screen
> Any thoughts/suggestions? x11vnc ? ___ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: Triple-head setup advice sought
On Fri, 6 Apr 2012 11:09:20 +0200 martin f krafft wrote: > Dear X.org people, > > since XRandR still cannot handle multiple GPUs and it's getting > harder and harder to use Zaphod (performance, incompatibilities, > etc…), I would like to investigate new options. > > Julien said that there are 3+ head cards out there that work with > X/Linux's Free drivers. My Matrox G750 still isn't supported and > likely will never be. > > Does anyone have a suggestion for a card I should buy? I have two > DVI screens and one VGA screen. I'm using a cheap Radeon (HD5430 I think). Does the job, runs three heads. Probably useless for high end gaming but that wasn't on my requirement list. ___ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: Triple-head setup advice sought
On Fri, 06 Apr 2012 13:07:53 +0200 Ben Bucksch wrote: > On 06.04.2012 12:23, Alan Cox wrote: > > I'm using a cheap Radeon (HD5430 I think). Does the job, runs three > > heads. Probably useless for high end gaming but that wasn't on my > > requirement list. > > Thanks, Alan, for the recommendation. But that's a notebook chip. Could > you double-check the model number? Thats what lspci thinks it is. Could be that there are several with that PCI identifier or I guess that people are putting the mobile chip on cards ? [958731.681] (--) RADEON(0): Chipset: "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series" (Chip ID = 0x68e1) [958731.681] (II) RADEON(0): PCIE card detected is what X has to say. I suspect its a 5450 ? ___ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: Triple-head setup advice sought
> can support more than two displays. The only restriction is that only > two non-displayport monitors are supported (all additional monitors > must be displayport). Depending on the asic, they support up to 4 or > 6 independent monitors. This one has DVI, HDMI, VGA - and there are various other combinations available. I assume that means there is a displayport convertor built in ? Alan ___ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: Triple-head setup advice sought
On Fri, 6 Apr 2012 09:32:49 -0400 Alex Deucher wrote: > On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 9:29 AM, Alan Cox wrote: > >> can support more than two displays. The only restriction is that only > >> two non-displayport monitors are supported (all additional monitors > >> must be displayport). Depending on the asic, they support up to 4 or > >> 6 independent monitors. > > > > This one has DVI, HDMI, VGA - and there are various other combinations > > available. I assume that means there is a displayport convertor built in ? > > No, that card can only drive two displays. It's driving three, right now with me typing on it and all showing different output. I guess it has the convertor built in. I'll try and find the box it came and check what the vendor info was. Alan ___ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: DPMS by other means?
On Mon, 28 May 2012 09:59:46 -0400 Tom Horsley wrote: > The Samsung TV I use as a monitor does not support DPMS, > but it can (naturally) be controlled by an IR remote. > > Is there any way to get hooks into the power management > so I can grab control of a DPMS off and actually send > an IR command to turn off the TV and vice-versa? > > (Obviously this depends on having a way to send IR > commands, which I indeed do have). If you are running a Desktop like Gnome then it broadcasts dbus messages for DPMS type events so you can probably hook into those in application space and provide an infrared control app or I guess even X-10 to turn it off at the wall 8) Alan ___ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: Which Driver for Intel Atom d2700 (GMA3650)?
> Hacking around with xorg.conf has not been fruitful. > X driver module names I have tried are not found. > Can someone point me to the X module to use? A > working xorg.conf would be even better! This is a > sweet little nettop machine, and getting the display > to work correctly is the last problem I need to solve... You need the mode setting driver if your distribution is very recent, or if not the the framebuffer driver. Alan ___ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: Unable to start xserver
> I changed the DEFAULT_INT10 from x86emu to vm86 but then also xserver > stops at exactly same Macro. So presumably your l4linux is buggy. That may well be the right place to ask. > Is there any driver which I can use that doesn't uses int10 to set the > video mode? Depends on your kvm version. However if you are trying to run a desktop on a virtual machine then a) X is network aware so you don't need to run the server on it in the first place b) If you must fake a local server then there are non hardware servers that use protocols like vnc. Alan ___ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: How to install/enable xf86-video-modesetting-0.4.0?
On Tue, 3 Jul 2012 17:41:24 +0100 Moon Dust Junky wrote: > Hi, > > I have an Intel Atom N2600 netbook with GMA 3600 graphics. > > I read that I need the modesetting driver to get proper resolution of > 1024x600. > > (see article https://gist.github.com/2925633) > > I am running Linux Mint Cinnamon 13. > > I have compiled the source files using: > > #aclocal > #autoconf > #libtoolize > #automake --add-missing > #./configure > #make > #make install > > - but I don't know how to now enable the driver. > > also, I didn't use the intall.sh script as I wasn't sure what argument > to give it. > > Do I need to create and edit an xorg.conf file (don't seem to have one > currently)? Something like this Section "Device" Identifier "GMA600" Driver "modesetting" EndSection ___ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: "no screens found" with xorg.conf
On Wed, 4 Jul 2012 18:47:06 +0100 Moon Dust Junky wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to setup the xf86 modesetting driver on my Intel Atom N2600 > netbook > with GMA3600 graphics. > > I have installed the driver but am having problems configuring it. > > using X -configure or Xorg -configure gives an error, I have attached > the xorg.conf > it produced, and the log file which includes a number of errors, such as: > > "open /dev/dri/card0: No such file or directory" You don't appear to have the driver enabled in that case. What does dmesg show for it ? Alan ___ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: "no screens found" with xorg.conf
On Thu, 5 Jul 2012 17:32:03 +0100 Moon Dust Junky wrote: > it shows: > > [4.987872] vesafb: mode is 800x600x32, linelength=3200, pages=0 > [4.987880] vesafb: scrolling: redraw > [4.987891] vesafb: Truecolor: size=8:8:8:8, shift=24:16:8:0 > > (I have attached the full dmesg log) > > - so presumably it's loading a driver called vesafb? Then you don't have the GMA500 driver configured and in use but the vesafb drivers. That suggests your kernel configuration is wrong. Alan ___ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: DmaBuf - Osx Syphon system ?
On Sun, 08 Jul 2012 14:56:48 +0200 Ted wrote: > Hi the list, > > I'm following Dave Airlie works on Xorg drivers hotplug and offload for > Prime project to support Nvidia Optimus technology. > And I was asking myself, does this all works with dmabuf use could lead > to a kind of osx syphon concept. > It's a video sharing buffer between applications, and my question is, > will it be possible to do the same thing with linux? The GEM buffers used by drivers should be sufficient for doing the core of this already. Alan ___ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: Screen vertically shifted with LCD and framebuffer (fbdev)
On Mon, 26 Nov 2012 10:39:04 +0100 Greg Burri wrote: > Hi, > > I'm encountering a little issue with Xorg, my screen display is shifted to > the top to about 10px, so there is a little black gap at the bottom. If I > switch to the tty1 (CTRL+ALT+F1) and type something then I come back to the > tty7 (CTRL+ALT+F7) I can see what I have typed in the little black gap, > it's a bit weird. > > I put my Xorg log here: https://gist.github.com/e408e915e103c219c315 > > I wish someone can help me. You don't provide any information on the hardware configuration, on the OS and kernel version in use. Alan ___ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: Screen vertically shifted with LCD and framebuffer (fbdev)
On Tue, 27 Nov 2012 08:39:35 +0100 Greg Burri wrote: > The kernel version was in the X.Org log, It's one of the last one (3.6.7) I > compiled myself under Debian. I've attached the result of "uname -a", > "lshw", "lsmod" and "dmesg" to this message. > > The issue obviously doesn't occur with the modesetting X.Org driver but for > some reasons it can't be launched with the Wheezy X.Org version (1.12), I > previously tested with an Ubuntu live CD which is using the version 1.13 of > X.Org. Ok - it's known that the gma500 driver with some versions of Debian and Ubuntu does the weird offsetting thing if you don't use the modesetting driver. Not sure what is going on and it doesn't seem to occur with other distributions. Alan ___ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: x does not start @ qnap - intel atom D2700
On Fri, 7 Dec 2012 10:56:08 + "Lotz, Constantin" wrote: > [ 12052.723] Module class: X.Org Video Driver > [ 12052.723] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 11.0 > [ 12052.723] (II) pvr: Driver for PowerVR chipsets: PowerVR SGX > [ 12052.723] (++) using VT number 3 You should contact the supplier of your driver - it doesn't seem to be an Xorg one. Alan ___ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: tablet as a second monitor on linux
On Tue, 18 Dec 2012 19:30:03 +0100 Adam Groszer wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to use an android tablet as a secondary monitor for my laptop. > Secondary monitor as one physical would be plugged into the VGA port. > Googling resulted in no concrete solution. Do you want to be able to move windows between the two. If so they need to be on the same X screen and that really means putting them on the same video card right now (although Dave Airlie and others are working in this area) If you want them to be all part of the same thing I'd look at x11vnc, Resize the master display to cover both the tablet and the PC and then you can feed part of it out via vnc to the tablet. If you want a separate display then there are various options to do this with x11vnc spawning or binding to X servers. You can also combine them with novnc and an HTML5 capable browser to do fun things like getting a login screen in the browser if you point it at the box. Alan ___ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: arch...@mail-archive.com
