Can't swap displays in xorg.conf

[Robert Cardell]

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?

> > 
> > 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