Re: pseudo multi-seat with dual head

2011-04-02 Thread Yan Seiner
Richard Morton wrote: On 2 April 2011 16:46, Yan Seiner wrote: Richard Morton wrote: ok, thanks for that. the issue, with using a single dual head display rather than using multi-seat is that power management will turn on both screens if one screen is in use. I would rather have only

Re: pseudo multi-seat with dual head

2011-04-02 Thread Yan Seiner
Richard Morton wrote: ok, thanks for that. the issue, with using a single dual head display rather than using multi-seat is that power management will turn on both screens if one screen is in use. I would rather have only the screens being used being switched on via powermanagement. AFAIK ther

Re: pseudo multi-seat with dual head

2011-04-02 Thread Yan Seiner
Richard Morton wrote: So this is my plan/desire... Using a single graphics card (either the currently installed one or if required; upgrade it to a new one)... - VGA output of graphics card and USB speakers run to bedroom - DVI-D output runs to lounge and digital audio output from MB runs to AV

Re: Exclusive Fullscreen Mode

2010-09-06 Thread Yan Seiner
Roland Plüss wrote: I tried searching on the Internet for informations on how to take over the screen using Xlib. I think here about fullscreen exclusive access like for example SDLMAME does it. I stumbled so far though only on one single mentioning of an Xlib call which should allow switching

Manipulate x windows

2010-08-14 Thread Yan Seiner
OK, I know this is more of a WM question... I'm looking for a CLI utility that would let me manipulate (resize and relocate) windows based on WM_NAME or WM_CLASS. Is anyone aware of any such thing? I need to open a window and position it - but the app does not fully support the -geometry op

Re: Intel, h264 and XvMC

2010-04-04 Thread Yan Seiner
Terry Barnaby wrote: On 04/04/10 05:23, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 04/04/2010 06:30 AM, Yan Seiner wrote: I'm trying to understand if Intel XvMC can be used with h264 material. If not, is there any way to use Intel hardware acceleration with h264 source? VA-API does h264 bitstream dec

Intel, h264 and XvMC

2010-04-03 Thread Yan Seiner
I'm trying to understand if Intel XvMC can be used with h264 material. If not, is there any way to use Intel hardware acceleration with h264 source? Thanks. --Yan -- o__ ,>/'_ o__ (_)\(_) ,>/'_ o__ A day may come (_)\(_) ,>/'_ o__ when the courage

Re: Error building intel driver

2010-04-03 Thread Yan Seiner
Julien Cristau wrote: On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 07:22:48 -0700, Yan Seiner wrote: I'm getting the following error building the intel driver. I've cleaned out all of the old code, cloned the git repositories, and started fresh to make sure it's not some old cruft. Does anyon

Error building intel driver

2010-04-03 Thread Yan Seiner
I'm getting the following error building the intel driver. I've cleaned out all of the old code, cloned the git repositories, and started fresh to make sure it's not some old cruft. Does anyone have any idea what I'm missing? libtool: compile: gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -fvisibility=hidden

Re: Building intel driver: where's xcb-aux?

2010-04-02 Thread Yan Seiner
Mikhail Gusarov wrote: Twas brillig at 07:09:46 02.04.2010 UTC-07 when y...@seiner.com did gyre and gimble: YS> However, git.freedisktop.git doesn't seem to know anything about xcb-aux xcb-util I'm not a git expert but this is the link that http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xcb/util/ show

Building intel driver: where's xcb-aux?

2010-04-02 Thread Yan Seiner
OK, dumb question perhaps... I'm trying to build the intel driver, and it's failing to build with XvMC support because it can't find xcb-aux: configure:14233: checking for XVMCLIB configure:14241: $PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "xvmc xext xfixes dri2proto x11-xcb xcb-dri2 xcb-aux" Packa

Xephyr + wacom

2010-02-12 Thread Yan Seiner
Anyone know how I'd go about setting up Xephyr with a wacom tablet? I have a tablet that's recognized by the system, I have a pretty recent wacom driver, and I can't figure out how to get Xephyr to do anything with it. I run dual-head, and I need the wacom tablet attached to one head. I'm also h

Re: Xephyr problems

2010-02-07 Thread Yan Seiner
Yan Seiner wrote: > I just built the latest xorg from git. I'm having a problem with > xkblayout; all of the keys show up as "one off" - 'a' produces 's', > 'tab' produces 'enter', and so on. > > Never mind Turns out I wa

Xephyr problems

2010-02-07 Thread Yan Seiner
I just built the latest xorg from git. I'm having a problem with xkblayout; all of the keys show up as "one off" - 'a' produces 's', 'tab' produces 'enter', and so on. Also, I can't get Xephyr to produce a log file. How do I get Xephyr to create a log file? I have another, similar machine wi

git repostory for font-utils

2010-02-06 Thread Yan Seiner
I apologize for my mental weakness today I embarked on building the latest and greatest xorg, and I can't find the git repository for font-util. I'm not an xorg developer, so I don't know my way around http://cgit.freedesktop.org/ as well as I should. All I've found is this announcement:

Re: More old hardware weirdness....

2009-10-27 Thread Yan Seiner
David Gerard wrote: > 2009/10/27 Yan Seiner : > > >> Now that I have X running, but I can't get the keyboard to work in X. >> If I configure things the way I always do,I get nothing. (see below for >> xorg.conf snippet.) >> > > > Does it w

Re: More old hardware weirdness....

2009-10-27 Thread Yan Seiner
Yan Seiner wrote: > I'm trying to resurrect this laptop, and I'm running into all sorts of > issues... > > Now that I have X running, but I can't get the keyboard to work in X. > If I configure things the way I always do,I get nothing. (see below for > xorg.co

More old hardware weirdness....

2009-10-27 Thread Yan Seiner
I'm trying to resurrect this laptop, and I'm running into all sorts of issues... Now that I have X running, but I can't get the keyboard to work in X. If I configure things the way I always do,I get nothing. (see below for xorg.conf snippet.) /dev/input/event? stuff works AFAICT - I can cat

Re: C&T ct65545 problem

2009-10-27 Thread Yan Seiner
Adam Jackson wrote: On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 11:40 -0700, Yan Seiner wrote: Not sure if the effort is worth it for 15 year old hardware Wouldn't surprise me if I'm one of less than a dozen who still has this stuff in working order. OTOH, X is being used more and more o

Re: C&T ct65545 problem

2009-10-27 Thread Yan Seiner
David Gerard wrote: > 2009/10/27 Yan Seiner : > > >> This particular laptop is ISA with a couple of PCMCIA 1 (16 bit) slots. >> The video is on the ISA bus. >> The chips driver (1.2.1 and 1.2.2) doesn't work in this configuration at >> all, exiting with

Re: C&T ct65545 problem

2009-10-27 Thread Yan Seiner
Egbert Eich wrote: > On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 10:33:42AM -0400, Adam Jackson wrote: > >> That's not how the ISA bus support works (well, worked). Since ISA is >> not an enumerable bus, we would assume that if no PCI device was claimed >> by any driver then the video card must be out on ISA somew

Re: C&T ct65545 problem

2009-10-26 Thread Yan Seiner
Tiago Vignatti wrote: > Yan Seiner wrote: >> I have a very, very old laptop - 1995 vintage - that I want to >> repurpose for a net-terminal. It has a Chips and Technologies 65545 >> video chipset. This works with X as I've run it in the past with >> both freeB

C&T ct65545 problem

2009-10-25 Thread Yan Seiner
I have a very, very old laptop - 1995 vintage - that I want to repurpose for a net-terminal. It has a Chips and Technologies 65545 video chipset. This works with X as I've run it in the past with both freeBSD and an older version of linux (something with a 2.4 kernel and an old version of xfr

full screen xterm?

2009-10-11 Thread Yan Seiner
Is there a way to get a text terminal like xterm to "take over" the entire screen? I'm looking for a full screen xterm, something that can open with no window decorations and such. The system I'm working on doesn't have a functional text mode nor a mouse, so this would be a great substitute.

Intel Option "TV_Connector" ignored

2009-10-02 Thread Yan Seiner
I'm having trouble getting TV out working reliably. It will sometimes work and sometimes not; depends on the monitor attached. If I connect a video amplifier/splitter, it the TV-Out will show up as disconnected. If I connect a monitor, it will show us as connected. If I start X with the monitor

dump running config

2009-10-02 Thread Yan Seiner
Is there any way to dump the running configuration? I am running X from trunk. X.Org X Server 1.7.99.1 Release Date: (unreleased) X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.31.1 i686 Current Operating System: Linux mythtvrt 2.6.31.1 #2 SMP Thu Oct 1 19:45:02 PDT 2009 i686

GMA945 TV-1 disconnected

2009-09-30 Thread Yan Seiner
I've been trying to bring up a machine that's driving an analog tv. The machine is using the GMA 945 chipset. X sees the TV out, but the log file says TV-1 disconnected and the TV shows "No Signal". I can get a signal all the way through the boot sequence up until X starts. Unfortunately t

Selecting input devices after X is started

2009-05-15 Thread Yan Seiner
Is there some way to selectively ignore certain input devices after X starts? If I have a system with 2 mice, can I disable one mouse after I log in? --Yan -- Yan Seiner Support my bid for the 4J School Board. Visit http://www.seiner.com/schoolboard

GLX crash

2009-05-13 Thread Yan Seiner
b.so.0(xcb_xlib_lock+0x15) [0x7fcbca1b3a15] #2 /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 [0x7fcbccf66420] #3 /usr/lib/libX11.so.6(XESetCloseDisplay+0x43) [0x7fcbccf48693] #4 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 [0x7fcbcdf44d72] Neoprávněný přístup do paměti (SIGSEGV) -- Yan Seiner Support my bid for the 4J School Board. Visit h

Re: Only use part of display..?

2009-04-24 Thread Yan Seiner
I could tell X to use only the LH 7/8 of the > display. Run Xephyr on top of a blank X server? -- Yan Seiner, PE Support my bid for the 4J School Board http://www.seiner.com ___ xorg mailing list xorg@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freed

Re: [Fwd: Dual Monitor problem]

2009-01-16 Thread Yan Seiner
new configuration options. > Is this only for Intel or is it generic? -- o__ ,>/'_ o__ (_)\(_),>/'_o__ Yan Seiner (_)\(_) ,>/'_ o__ Personal Trainer (_)\(_),>/'_o__ Professional Eng

Multiple keyboards with Xephyr

2009-01-11 Thread Yan Seiner
Is there any documentation for Xephyr? It doesn't seem to have a manpage... I'm trying to find out if I can use multiple keyboards with Xephyr. I'd like to be able to connect a standard keyboard and a usb remote control. The remote looks like a keyboard to the system and sends ordinary keyst

Re: multi head failsafe

2008-12-17 Thread Yan Seiner
Carl Karsten wrote: > Timothy S. Nelson wrote: > >> >> If it locks or doesn't run at that point, you're probably running >> into this bug: >> >> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18160 >> >> (I noticed your log finishes with "initializing int10", which is >> what mine finish

Re: Weird corruption with Xephyr

2008-12-11 Thread Yan Seiner
Aaron Plattner wrote: > On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 07:50:41AM -0800, Yan Seiner wrote: > >> I'm seeing this rather weird corruption with Xephyr. The system is >> running Debian Lenny with a custom 2.6.27.4 kernel. I am running >> Xephyr 1.5.3. I've captured

Weird corruption with Xephyr

2008-12-11 Thread Yan Seiner
I'm seeing this rather weird corruption with Xephyr. The system is running Debian Lenny with a custom 2.6.27.4 kernel. I am running Xephyr 1.5.3. I've captured an image of this here: This happens after some time - can be minutes, hours or days. The

Re: Xephyr + DRI

2008-12-04 Thread Yan Seiner
On Thu, December 4, 2008 8:39 am, Julien Cristau wrote: > On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 07:44:40 -0800, Yan Seiner wrote: > >> Before I go off on a wild goose chase, is DRI possible with Xephyr? I >> am using 1.5.3 from Debian experimental. >> > I disabled it in our 1.5.1

Xephyr + DRI

2008-12-04 Thread Yan Seiner
From reading the various docs, Xephyr should support DRI. In my case, it doesn't. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/src/mplayer-vdpau-3076399/mplayer-vdpau$ LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose glxinfo name of display: :3.0 display: :3 screen: 0 direct rendering: No (If you want to find out why, try setting LIBGL_DEBUG=v

xset dpms force off

2008-11-22 Thread Yan Seiner
I am running a multi-head setup. I'd like to be able to turn off each head individually. I'm using the evil binary nvidia drivers to set up 4 screens as DISPLAY 0.0, 0.1, 0.2, and 0.3 I'm not using Xinerama or Twinview. xset -display :0.0 dpms force off turns off all 4 displays, as does xse

Re: Xlib: extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".

2008-10-02 Thread Yan Seiner
Julien Cristau wrote: > On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 07:18:48 -0700, Yan Seiner wrote: > > >> I've recently started running xorg 1.5.0 from debian experimental. I >> keep getting this error: >> >> Xlib: extension "Generic Event Extension" missing

Xlib: extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".

2008-10-02 Thread Yan Seiner
I've recently started running xorg 1.5.0 from debian experimental. I keep getting this error: Xlib: extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0". It doesn't appear to do any harm but it's annoying. The only thing I've been able to find is this: http://archive.netbsd.se/?ml=x

Re: Xephyr, DRI, and compiz

2008-09-30 Thread Yan Seiner
On Mon, September 29, 2008 3:07 am, Thomas Ilnseher wrote: > > Am Freitag, den 26.09.2008, 13:42 -0700 schrieb Yan Seiner: >> I am trying to get Xephyr running with compiz. The following was >> generated with xserver 1.5.0 and xephyr 1.5.0. I've had the same >> r

Re: Xephyr and IAGLX

2008-09-28 Thread Yan Seiner
Andrew Barr wrote: > Yan Seiner seiner.com> writes: > > >> Can anyone tell me the status of AIGLX and Xephyr? >> > > AIGLX has been merged into main since ages. It is even on by default if your > driver supports it in current releases. > > Xephyr

Xephyr and IAGLX

2008-09-28 Thread Yan Seiner
Can anyone tell me the status of AIGLX and Xephyr? Thanks --Yan ___ xorg mailing list xorg@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg

Xephyr, DRI, and compiz

2008-09-26 Thread Yan Seiner
e) - Error: Failed to manage screen: 0 /usr/bin/compiz.real (core) - Fatal: No manageable screens found on display :3 So what can I do to diagnose this? What,if anything, can I do to get compiz running on Xephyr? -- o__ ,>/'_ o__ (_)\(_) ,>/&#x

Re: Building Xephyr

2008-09-23 Thread Yan Seiner
Matthieu Herrb wrote: > Yan Seiner wrote: > >> I am new to building X. I'd like to take a shot at building Xephyr from git. >> >> I've been through the instructions on >> http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/git but xserver doesn't appear to have

Building Xephyr

2008-09-22 Thread Yan Seiner
I am new to building X. I'd like to take a shot at building Xephyr from git. I've been through the instructions on http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/git but xserver doesn't appear to have xephyr. Is there a list somewhere of what module contains which part? Where do I find xephyr? Thanks, -

Re: Building X

2008-09-19 Thread Yan Seiner
Keith Packard wrote: > > > Yes, I'm cool with the black root background; nicer looking, conforming > to the spec and everything. > As a X user and occasional embedded programmer, might I suggest something with a pattern? Even if it's a X logo in the center, or just a shapeless blob, or a row

Re: Notify all users

2008-09-09 Thread Yan Seiner
ultiseat, XDMCP Multiple sessions on the same computer. OTOH the script I cribbed and modified could be used via ssh to notify other users. --Yan -- o__ ,>/'_ o__ (_)\(_) ,>/'_o__ Yan Seiner (_)\(_) ,>/

Re: Notify all users

2008-09-09 Thread Yan Seiner
On Tue, September 9, 2008 8:51 am, Bill Crawford wrote: > On 09/09/2008, Yan Seiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ... >> Because most of my users will not have a terminal session open. >> Typically >> they use a browser full-screen, so I need a popup to notify them.

Re: Notify all users

2008-09-09 Thread Yan Seiner
On Tue, September 9, 2008 8:45 am, Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: > Yan Seiner schrieb: >> On Tue, September 9, 2008 8:34 am, Gene Heskett wrote: >>> On Tuesday 09 September 2008, Yan Seiner wrote: >>>> How do I go about notifying all users? I am looking for an e

Re: Notify all users

2008-09-09 Thread Yan Seiner
On Tue, September 9, 2008 8:34 am, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 09 September 2008, Yan Seiner wrote: >>How do I go about notifying all users? I am looking for an equivalent >>of 'wall' for X. xmessage doesn't really work very well as I'd have to >>

Re: multihead / dual input howto (two local users, keyboards etc.)?

2008-09-09 Thread Yan Seiner
On Tuesday 09 September 2008 07:24:38 am Steven J Newbury wrote: > > I the biggest thing needed currently from an Xorg perspective, with > respect to multiseat, would be the ability to have a HAL policy tie > specific devices to specific displays - unless I'm missing something? Multiseat is avail

Notify all users

2008-09-09 Thread Yan Seiner
How do I go about notifying all users? I am looking for an equivalent of 'wall' for X. xmessage doesn't really work very well as I'd have to mess with xhost in each user's profile. I've looked at libnotify, but it runs into dbus security issues. So how does a sysadmin notify all users of an i