Re: [Fwd: [Bug 267241] Re: [intrepid] Xorg fails to start with more than one display adapter]

2009-03-08 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
OK, thanks for the analysis! As part of the 9.10 planning process, could I ask you to coordinate with Neil Patel and David Barth to establish if the KMS API includes a mechanism to ask the cards if there is a display connected to them? Out of curiosity, I'd also be interested in things like TV

Re: [Fwd: [Bug 267241] Re: [intrepid] Xorg fails to start with more than one display adapter]

2009-03-08 Thread Bryce Harrington
On Sun, Mar 08, 2009 at 04:05:35PM +, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: OK, thanks for the analysis! As part of the 9.10 planning process, could I ask you to coordinate with Neil Patel and David Barth to establish if the KMS API includes a mechanism to ask the cards if there is a display

Re: [Fwd: [Bug 267241] Re: [intrepid] Xorg fails to start with more than one display adapter]

2009-03-07 Thread Bryce Harrington
On Sat, Mar 07, 2009 at 05:35:25AM +, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: Thanks for this work Bryce, I think the two-card scenario is increasingly common and additional robustness in the face of that will be appreciated by many users. I definitely agree. As an aside, getting X working on multiple

Re: [Fwd: [Bug 267241] Re: [intrepid] Xorg fails to start with more than one display adapter]

2009-03-06 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Thanks for this work Bryce, I think the two-card scenario is increasingly common and additional robustness in the face of that will be appreciated by many users. Is the choice of the card with the highest busid the best we can do? Can X tell if a display is connected to the card, and if one card