On 07/29/2009 10:50 AM, Adam Jackson wrote: > On Wed, 2009-07-29 at 11:13 +0000, Rawhide Report wrote: > >> xorg-x11-server-1.6.99-21.20090724.fc12 >> --------------------------------------- >> * Tue Jul 28 2009 Adam Jackson <ajax@xxxxxxxxxx> 1.6.99-19.20090724 >> - xserver-1.6.99-randr-error-debugging.patch: Dump RANDR protocol errors >> to the log. >> - Un-package xf8_16bpp, no one cares. >> >> * Tue Jul 28 2009 Adam Jackson <ajax@xxxxxxxxxx> 1.6.99-20.20090724 >> - xserver-1.6.99-use-pci-access-boot.patch: Some chips (thanks Intel) will >> change their PCI class at runtime if you disable their VGA decode, so >> consider both 0x0300 and 0x0380 classes when looking for the boot VGA. >> >> * Tue Jul 28 2009 Adam Jackson <ajax@xxxxxxxxxx> 1.6.99-21.20090724 >> - xserver-1.6.99-right-of.patch: Default to right-of initial placement >> for RANDR 1.2 drivers with enough virtual space. > > I just want to highlight this, as it's a behaviour change that might > surprise people. With this change you'll get a spanning desktop by > default if possible, which matches the behaviour of every other major > window system and is what you usually configured in the session anyway. > The cloning heuristic was pretty losing to begin with, since the > available mode lists for each output don't have a lot of commonality. > > There are still some rough edges here. X will center the mouse over the > root window, and not over a particular screen, which is usually wrong. > gdm extends the error by displaying the greeter on the screen that > contains the cursor; so if for example your external display is larger > than your laptop display, the cursor will be centered on the external, > and gdm will show up there instead of on the LVDS like you probably > expected. Known bug, we're working on it. > > Also, Intel gen3 hardware (915 and 945 variants) hit a corner case here, > where the maximum 3d pitch is 2048 but the maximum scanout pitch is > 4096. So if you're using compiz or another GL compositor in your > session, you'll see garbage rendering off to the right. This isn't a > _new_ problem, but you might hit it now when you didn't before. > However, with KMS, we'll resize the render buffers on RANDR events, so > if you switch back to cloning in your session GL compositors should look > right. > > - ajax > Possibly off topic, I've had issues with certain apps (totem comes to mind) not going full-screen on the screen I want them to. Is this another outstanding issue? --CJD -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
