Hello, I can't seem to find an answer to my question anywhere on the web. Either my use case is weird, or I'm not searching correctly :-)
I have X.org server 1.11.3 running on Ubuntu. I'm using the radeon driver with a Radeon HD6450. I have three monitors connected to the card (all three monitors have a DVI input), and I've set up the server to have all three monitors in one large desktop. This works brilliantly! Sometimes, I need to connect one of the monitors to another PC or other equipment with a HDMI or DVI output. My problem is that if I pull out one of the cables that is connected to the HD6450, that the card (and the X server) will detect that the monitor has been disconnected from the card. Consequently, the desktop size is modified and all my Gnome panels will be jumbled. If I reconnect the monitor, it comes back online, but the positioning of the windows and panels is not restored to what it used to be. What I would like is to be able to tell the X server that I don't care whether monitors are disconnected or not, and that it should keep the desktop size fixed, no matter which monitors are connected. My X configuration file includes a full server layout section, and also contains the resolutions of the monitors. Therefor, it should be possible, I guess, I just don't know how. Perhaps the current software is not able to handle this specific situation. I can live with it if the monitors need to be connected at the time that the X server starts. As long as I can disconnect them later on without the server layout and desktop size changing. I realize that most people want the behavior that the X server exhibits currently, because in their case it will probably be an external monitor that is connected to a laptop on occasion. So I probably want something odd :-) Any help or pointers will be greatly appreciated. If the software is currently not capable of what I've attempted to describe, I'd also like to know, of course. -- With kind regards, Sven Berkvens-Matthijsse _______________________________________________ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: arch...@mail-archive.com
