Re: Colour cycling / Dell monitor service menu (was: Feature request, but must be universallly accepted by ALL blanker authors)

2020-10-05 Thread Adam Nielsen
> It turns out that the color cycling screen was that old 17" 4x3 Dell lcd > monitors response to the synch drop that shuts most modern monitors off. Someone has probably enabled burnin test mode on this monitor. The method to switch it on and off is pretty much the same on all Dell monitors. S

Re: Feature request, but must be universallly accepted by ALL blanker authors

2020-10-04 Thread Adam Nielsen
> > This is quite true, and if it can't be fixed, I will be forced to > > install a smash it switch that interrupts machine power. But I've > > some pretty high cap supplies that can keep it moving for several > > seconds after the switch has been fisted. A software e-stop OTOH can > > stop it de

Re: How to switch to a particular resolution? Xorg complains "No valid modes for "DFP-1:2560x1600"; removing." and ignores my setting.

2020-09-24 Thread Adam Nielsen
> Here is the log: https://people.freebsd.org/~yuri/Xorg.0.log So from here you can see: DFP-0: 330.0 MHz maximum pixel clock Samsung U28D590 (DFP-1): 230.0 MHz maximum pixel clock EDID maximum pixel clock : 300.0 MHz Validating Mode "3840x2160_30": Mode is rejected: PixelClock (

Re: How to switch to a particular resolution? Xorg complains "No valid modes for "DFP-1:2560x1600"; removing." and ignores my setting.

2020-09-23 Thread Adam Nielsen
>     SubSection "Display" >     Viewport   0 0 >     Depth 1 >     Modes  "2560x1600" "1920x1080" >     EndSubSection > > But Xorg fails to accept the 2560x1600 value with this warning: > > [  9995.669] (WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for "

Re: Xvfb and number of bytes per pixel

2020-09-13 Thread Adam Nielsen
> The main issue is that we don't have enough (physical) space and budget ;) > to use bigger and more expensive projectors with edge blending, so I wrote > small piece of code for that (python + moderngl) which is grabbing pixel > data from xvfb to "project" it onto a big quad, then, setting viewpo

Re: No keysyms send on level 7+

2020-09-09 Thread Adam Nielsen
> > > xev will not see any input. > > > This one definitivly make me think it’s the firmware fault. > > > > If I understand correctly, you are saying that ControlR + AltL works, > > but the reverse (AltL + ControlR) does not. It could be a firmware > > issue however it's also possible it can

Re: No keysyms send on level 7+

2020-09-08 Thread Adam Nielsen
> I have remapped > `CapsLock` to `Backspace` > `AltGr` to `ControlR` > `ControlR` to `AltR`, > > Now if i type one of the next sequences, it will be well interpreted : > • `ControlR` + `AltR` + `Backspace` > • `ControlR` + `AltL` + `Backspace` > • `ControlL` + `AltR` + `Backspace` > > However if

Re: No keysyms send on level 7+

2020-09-04 Thread Adam Nielsen
> This last point make me think it is maybe related to my hardware ? > It is something knowed that we can't abuse at will of the last layers? Have you tried plugging in a second keyboard, and pressing half the key combination on one keyboard, and finishing it off on the other? That should tell yo

Re: [Question] More CRTCs than supported displays; questions about intel-virtual-output and VIRTUAL1

2020-07-24 Thread Adam Nielsen
> While investigating this, I came across something I didn't quite > understand. Officially, the Intel UHD 620 supports three displays. However, > `xrandr` shows that there are four CTRCs available on Provider 0 (Intel). You'll probably have to avoid using grep and check the full output. I suspec

Re: Suggestion for Xorg / about middle-mouse click pasting

2020-07-24 Thread Adam Nielsen
> I'm writing to suggest that Xorg's middle-mouse pasting should be an > optional feature, not an unchangeable behavior. Where are you seeing this Xorg behaviour? If I run "xev" and click the middle mouse button, I only see a "button 2 pressed" event, I don't see any events relating to the clipbo

Re: [Question] ZaphodHeads, ServerLayout without position information, and touchscreens

2020-07-24 Thread Adam Nielsen
> >> but I don't know how to configure xorg.conf > >> when ServerLayout is described without position information for > >> multi-seat setup with one graphic card (zaphod heads). Are you sure you want a multi-seat setup, which is where multiple people are sitting in front of the same computer, usi

Re: Problems between XServer and Displaylink Docking Station

2020-06-19 Thread Adam Nielsen
> Once I login, the screen goes black for a minute or two, until all of > the sudden my wallet-manager pops up. Other than that nothing else in my > desktop environment seems to start, and it also seems to be quite slow. > The next step is then to switch to TTY and then reboot the laptop. I'm not

Re: Xorg.0.log stuck, never stops

2020-06-14 Thread Adam Nielsen
> Because its also a devel machine, haveing 2 SSD's attached where it can > build the target sw, there are often 1 minimum to as high as 4 ssh -Y > logins. But only one in the last several days. SSH wouldn't do it, but anything that runs on a timer could. For example if you have DPMS power savi

Re: Xorg.0.log stuck, never stops

2020-06-14 Thread Adam Nielsen
> I just noticed my Xorg.0.log is growing, probably will continue to grow > untill the 64GB card is used up, adding this stanza every few minutes: > > [320458.839] (--) modeset(0): HDMI max TMDS frequency 225000KHz Do you have anything that might call xrandr or another program at regular interval

Re: libinput driver doesn't grab devices, keystrokes still go to the TTY

2020-06-10 Thread Adam Nielsen
> an EVIOCGRAB does more than just cutting off the tty, it cuts off everything > including internal consumers of that (e.g. rfkill and sysrq). That breaks > things and is the reason we removed the grab-by-default from the > evdev/synaptics drivers about a decade ago and punted this responsibility t

libinput driver doesn't grab devices, keystrokes still go to the TTY

2020-06-08 Thread Adam Nielsen
Hi all, I'm trying to set up a multiseat environment, with Xorg on a new seat and the normal Linux console (TTY) on the default seat0. Using loginctl, I've assigned an add-in video card and keyboard to the Xorg seat, leaving the onboard video card and a different keyboard to default as seat0. It

How do you forcefully release grabs?

2012-03-31 Thread Adam Nielsen
Hi all, I just found out that the keys to forcefully release keyboard/mouse grabs have been reintroduced (hooray!) but unfortunately the key to release active grabs doesn't work - nothing happens when I press it, and the grab is still in place. I am running "setxkbmap -option grab:break_actio