xserver command-line and config includes - or ATI driver workaround
Daniel Stone
daniel at fooishbar.org
Tue May 31 11:29:09 PDT 2005
On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 10:39:34AM -0700, Daniel Miller wrote:
> I'm looking for a work-around for the ATI driver - specifically the
> mutually exclusive modes of OpenGLOverlay and VideoOverlay.
>
> My existing method is to manually edit xorg.conf and change the
> appropriate yes/no options in the driver section. I would like a better
> way.
>
> The options I've come up with are:
> * alternate "startx" scripts that pass the options on the command-line
> * alternate "startx" scripts that adjust file-links to different
> config files
> * alternate "startx" scripts that adjust environment variables that
> are referenced in the config file
>
> I know how to do the file-link method - I just think it's ugly. Is
> there a way of doing one of the others - or maybe someone has a better
> suggestion? I'd also like to be able to do this from a gdm/kdm - but I
> don't think it's possible since the xserver settings are read when
> gdm/kdm start.
Have alternate ServerLayouts in your xorg.conf, and switch between them
with the -layout server flag.
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