Re: xorg reconfigure problem after upgrade

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

Ron Johnson wrote:
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> On 07/10/08 09:13, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> > Ron Johnson wrote:
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> > > Sorry, it's mode setting, not modeline setting.
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> > > http://kerneltrap.org/node/8242
> > > http://keithp.com/blogs/kernel-mode-drivers/
> > They have to do something, VT management is a mess.
> > To wit my problems with vga= in Debian's 2.6.25 kernel (*not* with
> > kernel.org's 2.6.25.9!)
> > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=481063
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> Hmmm.  I'd never be affected by that, since I stick with a pure text
> 24x80 console, and use startx to load the nvidia binary driver.

You'd never notice it. Linux has a "glaring"(?) fault that you can have 
any number of devices anywhere but only 1 keyboard with a VT.

In the best of worlds, the kernel ought to figure out the 
keyboard/console connections and give each a vt.

But we'll see that long after I am gone, if ever.

Hugo