[gentoo-amd64] Re: xinerama in xorg-x11-7.0-r1?

[Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>]

Peter Humphrey posted <200602280915.09978.prh@gotadsl.co.uk>, excerpted
below,  on Tue, 28 Feb 2006 09:15:09 +0000:

> On Monday 27 February 2006 23:32, I wrote:
> 
>> Quite possibly, the modularisation of X is not yet finished and this
>> small anomaly will go away soon.
> 
> It isn't that. I looked in the corresponding Xorg.0.log on another system
> on the same box and found the xinerama extension being loaded there too,
> in spite of the use flag's not being set there either.
> 
> So the question is why X is being compiled with xinerama support when it's
> been told not to.

I'd still be inclined to consider it an issue with the new modular X. 
Not all is yet entirely smooth going with it.

Also note that Section ServerFlags of xorg.conf can contain an Option
"Xinerama" line.  Previously, even if Xinerama support was compiled, it
was off by default unless you had that option listed and it wasn't toggled
off in the option (the option defaults to on if found, so on doesn't have
to be specified).  Assuming you don't have that option listed, perhaps
the default has changed, and it now defaults to on under certain
circumstances?

I wouldn't have noticed it here as I run dual monitors (altho I have
xinerama off because I'm running the radeon driver in merged framebuffer
mode, with its pseudoxinerama, so I don't need the extension turned on) in
xinerama mode (well pseudoxinerama, without the extension, as explained).

I'd check and see if there's a bug on it, and consider filing one, if not.
If the change is intentional, it should no longer have that flag, so
obviously, there's either a bug in the support being added, or in the flag
still being there but not honored.  That's a bug that needs filed, unless
there's already one on it.

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