On Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:57:06 +0200, Ralf Jung wrote: >> And who needs xrandr if you can have the layout you want in a >> straightforward way by directly editing the xorg.conf file or by using >> nvidia-settings tool? (we are now in a loop ;-P)
> Editing xorg.conf requires an X-server restart after each setup change, > which is ridiculous. Why ridiculous? :-? Xorg is running and you need it to re-read the configuration file again like any other service :-) > In the end, I do not care which means a tool uses to set up the > screens, whether it's xrandr or that nvidia-specific way. > I just want it to work, without the need to restart anything. And for > everything except for NVidia cards, xrandr is the way to go ;-) Xrandr also works with nvidia, but anyway, better that one or another tool is having different options to get the job done. >> Uh? That's strange. Maybe you had a problem for getting the radeon 3D >> acceleration features enabled... did you review this list of supported >> games/cards on wine/native environment? > I just tried again. Neverball is now working fine, however from the > three Windows games I tried, only one started, the others showed no > useful content on screen. So, I have to stick with the closed-source > driver for now :( Maybe you can find the origin of the problem by reading the xorg log. > The driver is not the issue though, xrandr works the way it is supposed > to, as far as I can tell. I just want to take some action when a monitor > is connected, which xrandr does detect, it just does not tell me. That's > all :D I already gave you some hints... krandtray is one option (GUI based) and you can always make your own script to run a set of xrandr commands with just one-click. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.08.30.10.28...@gmail.com
