Re: Running a script on monitor connect/disconnect
On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 22:20:21 +0200, Ralf Jung wrote:
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>> Oh, I didn't know. The nvidia counterpart tool is very nice, maybe I
>> overestimate the ATI one :-)
> OTOH, the ATI driver supports xrandr 1.2 perfectly (as far as I can
> tell), so I can use the common open-source configuration tools ;-) .
> IMHO, that's better than a well-working vendor-provided tool (from all I
> read, NVidia barely supports xrandr).
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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)
>> May I ask why not using the open source driver (radeon)? For non
>> intensive 3D tasks should be just fine, in fact nowadays I'd say is the
>> best shaped VGA open source driver available.
> I'd like to run some Windows (DX9) games in wine, which works fine with
> fglrx, but last time I tried did not work at all using the open-source
> driver. Even simple games like Neverball or Supertux did not work. So,
> no go here :(
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?
http://www.x.org/wiki/RadeonProgram
Greetings,
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Camaleón
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