[ANNOUNCE] xf86-video-intel 1.9.91 (2.0 RC1)

[Stefan Dirsch]

On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 11:27:45PM -0800, Keith Packard wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-03-07 at 08:01 +0100, Stefan Dirsch wrote:
> 
> > hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Crtc.c:
> > [...]
> > static OptionInfoRec xf86OutputOptions[] = {
> >     {OPTION_PREFERRED_MODE, "PreferredMode",    OPTV_STRING,  {0}, FALSE },
> >     {OPTION_POSITION,       "Position",         OPTV_STRING,  {0}, FALSE },
> >     {OPTION_BELOW,          "Below",            OPTV_STRING,  {0}, FALSE },
> >     {OPTION_RIGHT_OF,       "RightOf",          OPTV_STRING,  {0}, FALSE },
> >     {OPTION_ABOVE,          "Above",            OPTV_STRING,  {0}, FALSE },
> >     {OPTION_LEFT_OF,        "LeftOf",           OPTV_STRING,  {0}, FALSE },
> >     {OPTION_ENABLE,         "Enable",           OPTV_BOOLEAN, {0}, FALSE },
> >     {OPTION_DISABLE,        "Disable",          OPTV_BOOLEAN, {0}, FALSE },
> >     {OPTION_MIN_CLOCK,      "MinClock",         OPTV_FREQ,    {0}, FALSE },
> >     {OPTION_MAX_CLOCK,      "MaxClock",         OPTV_FREQ,    {0}, FALSE },
> >     {OPTION_IGNORE,         "Ignore",           OPTV_BOOLEAN, {0}, FALSE },
> >     {OPTION_ROTATE,         "Rotate",           OPTV_STRING,  {0}, FALSE },
> >     {-1,                    NULL,               OPTV_NONE,    {0}, FALSE },
> > };
> > 
> > Could you make a small example, so one could better understand? Just
> > the options to use with which values and where to put them in
> > xorg.conf.
> 
> I'm busy writing up some more complete documentation (which is also
> happily uncovering several gaps in the current implementation).
> 
> However, here's a short summary:
> 
> In the "Device" section, you add options that connect new "Monitor"
> sections to specific outputs:
> 
> Section "Device"
> 	Driver  "intel"
> 	Option	"monitor-VGA" "My VGA Monitor"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Monitor"
> 	Identifier "My VGA Monitor"
> EndSection
> 
> Now, in this "Monitor" section, you can place any of the options you see
> listed above to control the modes and placement of the output. As
> "Monitor" sections do not have a list of modes to offer, I added only a
> single "PreferredMode" option which selects the mode to be used at
> server startup time.
> 
> You can define monitors for each output and configure the whole thing
> however you like. Please feel free to edit the README.modes file that I
> have added to the hw/xfree86/docs in the server.

Thanks. I'll give it a try.

Best regards,
Stefan

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