The X.org 6.8 release [LWN.net]

The X.org 6.8 release

Posted Sep 9, 2004 14:35 UTC (Thu) by jg (guest, #17537)
In reply to: The X.org 6.8 release by larsga
Parent article: The X.org 6.8 release

1) the screen size has been resizeable on the fly for quite a while
now. (see xrandr(1x), and/or applets for you favorite desktop).

2) we are painfully aware of the configuration nightmare.

Are you aware that, on modern hardware, your X server may work
without any xorg.conf file at all?

That being said, there is a lot of interest/plans in this area;
I encourage you to come help.

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The X.org 6.8 release

Posted Sep 9, 2004 15:31 UTC (Thu) by larsga (guest, #2801) [Link]

Thank you very much for the tip about xrandr. I tried it now and it worked beautifully! That will save my life several times when stressing with presentations, I'll bet.

> Are you aware that, on modern hardware, your X server may work
> without any xorg.conf file at all?

That would be very nice. It's yet to happen to me, but then I avoid touching that file as much as possible. :-)

> That being said, there is a lot of interest/plans in this area;
> I encourage you to come help.

That's out of the question, I'm afraid. It might be fun, but I am way
too busy with running a business and doing standardization to even think
about it. There's no way I could do it. Sorry.

The X.org 6.8 release

Posted Jan 2, 2005 4:10 UTC (Sun) by Ross (subscriber, #4065) [Link]

How do people help? I mailed several addresses on the website, did some
updates on the documentation Wiki.... and never heard anything back.
More than half of the Wiki links are broken and the formatting has been
dropped and corrupted (HTML -> Wiki A -> HTML -> Wiki B). Maybe a "how
do I participate" FAQ or guide is in order.