[Bug 312756] Re: support graphics card hot switch

2009-01-03 Thread Peter Fern
Hot switching video cards on linux will not be possible without a restart of X - the mechanism just doesn't exist at this time. So, we won't be able to reproduce what Vista does without huge code changes in X. What we can hope for is to get the nVidia card to initialise when both cards are presen

[Bug 312756] Re: support graphics card hot switch

2009-01-03 Thread Peter Fern
Hot switching video cards on linux will not be possible without a restart of X - the mechanism just doesn't exist at this time. So, we won't be able to reproduce what Vista does without huge code changes in X. What we can hope for is to get the nVidia card to initialise when both cards are presen

[Bug 312756] Re: support graphics card hot switch

2009-01-03 Thread Peter Fern
Hot switching video cards on linux will not be possible without a restart of X - the mechanism just doesn't exist at this time. So, we won't be able to reproduce what Vista does without huge code changes in X. What we can hope for is to get the nVidia card to initialise when both cards are presen

[Bug 312756] Re: support graphics card hot switch

2009-01-03 Thread Peter Fern
Hot switching video cards on linux will not be possible without a restart of X - the mechanism just doesn't exist at this time. So, we won't be able to reproduce what Vista does without huge code changes in X. What we can hope for is to get the nVidia card to initialise when both cards are presen

[Bug 312756] Re: support graphics card hot switch

2009-01-03 Thread Peter Fern
Hot switching video cards on linux will not be possible without a restart of X - the mechanism just doesn't exist at this time. So, we won't be able to reproduce what Vista does without huge code changes in X. What we can hope for is to get the nVidia card to initialise when both cards are presen

[Bug 312756] Re: support graphics card hot switch

2009-01-03 Thread Peter Fern
Hot switching video cards on linux will not be possible without a restart of X - the mechanism just doesn't exist at this time. So, we won't be able to reproduce what Vista does without huge code changes in X. What we can hope for is to get the nVidia card to initialise when both cards are presen