X11R7.1 released [LWN.net]

X11R7.1 released

Posted May 23, 2006 9:03 UTC (Tue) by drag (subscriber, #31333)
Parent article: X11R7.1 released

Good stuff.

After XGL-related items the next most anticipated development (IMO) is related to having X being able to dynamicly change configurations...

Get stuff like input hotplug working would be great. Being able to choose different drivers for different input devices and such.

Also being able to change monitor resolutions and refresh rates or add a projector and stuff like that. That would be wonderfull and solve a HUGE problem with usability in X.

Maybe 7.2?

I like text file configurations as much as the next guy, but being able to plug in a different mouse or plug in my wacom tablet and being able to use it's special features without logging out and logging back in would be WONDERFULL.

Thanks for the great work you X.org guys!

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X11R7.1 released

Posted May 23, 2006 11:18 UTC (Tue) by daniels (subscriber, #16193) [Link]

http://xorg.freedesktop.org/wiki/ChangesForX11R72?action=...

X11R7.1 released

Posted May 24, 2006 4:24 UTC (Wed) by zlynx (subscriber, #2285) [Link]

The new evdev input driver seems to scan for new devices. It caused me a few problems at first. I was trying to use the weird Bits settings to select mouse devices but finally gave up and went back to using Option Name instead, which works great.

Try it out, I think you can plug/unplug/plug your mice now if you use evdev.

You've been able to change resolutions on the fly for a long while now, using xrandr. Cloning to another display has been a real problem though. If your video chip supports it, using the CRT output from your laptop as a second X display works pretty well, you can VNC to get a copy of the first display, or just start clients on the CRT display. Using it in Xinerama mode is a pain because clients keep wanting to start off screen when you don't have the CRT plugged in. :)