From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Adam Jackson Subject: Re: [PATCH] change initial modesetting if outputs are aligned in 1 dimension Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:48:30 -0400 Message-ID: <4DE6A59E.8080009@redhat.com> References: <20110518190320.51800988@schatten.dmk.lab> <1306922798-29344-1-git-send-email-florian@mickler.org> <4DE6933B.4000000@redhat.com> <20110601224427.0a38f818@schatten.dmk.lab> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20110601224427.0a38f818@schatten.dmk.lab> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: intel-gfx-bounces+gcfxdi-intel-gfx=m.gmane.org@lists.freedesktop.org Errors-To: intel-gfx-bounces+gcfxdi-intel-gfx=m.gmane.org@lists.freedesktop.org To: Florian Mickler Cc: intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org, xorg-devel@lists.x.org List-Id: intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org On 6/1/11 4:44 PM, Florian Mickler wrote: > I think using horizontal spanning as a default is a good idea. > > Also bringing all outputs up in their preferred mode could be the right > move. > > [That commit in question wouldn't help my case, since I have a "Right Of" in the > xorg.conf and thus it would use a different code-path (right now).] Oh, sure, I see what you're saying. > When there is no preferred mode, xf86ClosestMode (probably enhanced to > respect horizontal or vertical relation in some form) would still be > needed... choosing of mode and positioning of outputs > relative to each other should probably be decoupled... Probably. But in your case, why would you not just pick the preferred mode for all outputs, rather than contorting to try to pick modes with the same height? - ajax