Can't swap displays in xorg.conf

[Alex Deucher]

On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 17:09:06 +0000, Robert Cardell <rbt at mtlb.co.uk> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 11:52:06AM -0500, Alex Deucher wrote:
> > On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 16:29:56 +0000, Robert Cardell <rbt at mtlb.co.uk> wrote:
> > > On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 09:26:37AM -0500, Alex Deucher wrote:
> > > >
> > > > currently the crtcs are hardcoded to outputs, so you can't swap them
> > > > at the moment. [...]
> > > >
> > >
> > > How easy would it be to change the hardcoding so it's the other way round?
> > > Would it need changes all through the driver, or could I do it in one place?
> >
> > It's a fair amount of work, I started a while back, but never got it
> > finished.  I haven't had enough free time lately to get back to it.
> >
> I meant just swapping them so Screen 0 was hardcoded to the VGA port and vice
> versa. A quick fix for picky people like me :) Would that be easy to do?
> 

not really.  perhaps you could hack xinerama or the DIX to switch
which was considered screen0 vs. 1.  Not my area of expertise though.

Alex

> > >
> > > I was hoping to avoid MergedFB as I think the viewport scrolling would annoy
> > > me. I remember someone had some patches to lock the viewports, but I can't
> > > find them in bugzilla or on the list archives. Could someone give me a
> > > pointer to them?
> >
> > Thomas got it working with the sis driver, I just need to port the
> > changes over.  It's on my todo list.
> >
> Great. That's the one problem I have with mergedfb.
> 
> > >
> > > Finally, should I file a bug about this CRTC hardcoding?
> >
> > If you want.  There's already a bug regarding the hardcoding on
> > thinkpads with DVI ports.  I don't remember the number offhand.
> >
> It's 2273. I'll probably just add a comment that it's not just about
> Thinkpads.
> 
> Thanks
> 
>