Elektrified X.org released (was: X configuration paradigm, and a proposal)

[Alex Deucher]

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 19:44:08 +0000, Alan Cox <alan at lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> On Maw, 2004-11-30 at 18:23, Jim Gettys wrote:
> > David,
> >
> > I agree with you and Kristian and I have started work, specifically on
> > the input system side to do exactly what you suggest.  Similar
> > work ought to be done someday for the screens themselves (hotplug being
> > a reality even for screens; today with PCMCIA and PCI express is just
> > beginning to ship).
> 
> Mobility Electronics have been shipping cardbus hotplug video for about
> 5 or 6 years now (E1000V). They make fun toys for this sort of testing
> and are cheap on ebay generally 8)
> 
> 

For that matter, AGP and even PCI video cards have been able to change
resolution, colordepth, type and number of outputs, etc. on the fly
for even longer.

Alex