[Open-graphics] Linux kernel graphics subsystem changes

[Lourens Veen]

On Monday 25 June 2007 09:50, Daniel Rozsnyó wrote:
> Lourens Veen wrote:
> > On Sunday 24 June 2007 18:39, Attila Kinali wrote:
> >> On Mon, 28 May 2007 10:39:15 +0800
> >>
> >> "Rogelio Serrano" <rogelio.serrano at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> Ok if you have seen the freedesktop pages somebody is thinking of
> >>> moving x11 to dbus. now thats totally unacceptable.
> >>
> >> Any url with that?
> >> But even then, i wouldn't believe it. Who ever has said that
> >> has no understanding whatsoever what X11 and what D-Bus is.
> >> Both are in their needs and implementations quite ortogonal.
> >
> > Well, if the kernel uses DBus to notify userland of changes in the
> > hardware configuration, then it makes perfect sense for the X
> > server to listen to the kernel via DBus and update its input device
> > configuration accordingly.
>
> I hope some day it will be able to extend the desktop without need of
> extensive configuration and restart. Something like dynamic
> multi-head (not only turn on/off pre-configured screens, but support
> choosing the resolution, in a way like Windows does). And also some 
> support for connecting graphic output on the fly.. for the
> usb/ethernet graphic cards/monitors.

The technical term for that is "Hotpluggy Sweetness". See Keith 
Packard's presentation at [1]. I'm not sure when the latest Xorg 
release was and whether it was included, but it's close if not there 
already.

Lourens

http://conference2006.kde.org/conference/talks/47.php
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