A restart for RandR 1.4 (The H) [LWN.net]

The H has a brief report on the status of X RandR (Resize and Rotate) 1.4 in light of it being pulled from X.Org 1.10 at the last moment due to concerns about the protocol. "Version 1.4 of Resize and Rotate promises per-CRTC pixmaps and the possibility of support from NVIDIA's proprietary Linux graphics driver. At present, Linux users with NVIDIA cards (NVIDIA is estimated to hold roughly a 30% share of the graphics market) must use the proprietary NVIDIA settings utility. With NVIDIA's driver with RandR support, screen resolution could be adjusted in a more integrated fashion from the desktop."

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