Re: [Xpert]Autoconfiguring

2002-10-01 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, John Tapsell wrote: And hopefully auto(re)configured, based on changing system behaviour and characteristics. Talking about this... what happens when I switch monitors? Would it be possible to detect the switch, and reconfigure X on the fly, changing the resolution

Re: [Xpert]Autoconfiguring

2002-10-01 Thread Keith Packard
Around 9 o'clock on Oct 1, Dr Andrew C Aitchison wrote: use XFree86-VidModeExtension to change the video timings on the fly. From this week you could even use the RandR extension to change the virtual desktop size if appropriate. Yes, RandR will pick up screen sizes from any video modes

Re: [Xpert]Autoconfiguring

2002-10-01 Thread Billy Biggs
Keith Packard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Around 9 o'clock on Oct 1, Dr Andrew C Aitchison wrote: use XFree86-VidModeExtension to change the video timings on the fly. From this week you could even use the RandR extension to change the virtual desktop size if appropriate. Yes, RandR will

Re: [Xpert]Autoconfiguring

2002-10-01 Thread Keith Packard
Around 13 o'clock on Oct 1, Billy Biggs wrote: Can you successfully add modes yet? In december I was unable to (but I patched the vidmode extension code to have it work, sorry I didn't send that patch in yet). Did someone else fix it? I don't know; I didn't test or change any of that