[mdlug] Ubuntu hardware changes

[Jeff Hanson]

On 9/25/07, Michael ORourke <mrorourke at earthlink.net> wrote:
> So I plugged in a spare hard drive and booted up off the live/install CD,
> then copied the xorg.conf file.  Probably didn't even need to plug in a
> spare hard drive.  After coping the file and rebooting, everything looked
> good.
>
> However, it just seems like it should be as easier and have better
> autodetection than answering a series of questions.  Sure seems to be able
> to figure it out when it boots from cdrom.

The DDC is not supported by all video card drivers and some monitors
lie about their settings.  BulletProofX in Gustsy will handle complete
failures:
http://people.ubuntu.com/~bryce/BulletProofX/

RandR v1.2 handles output hotplugging:
http://www.x.org/wiki/Releases/7.3

Both still require working DDC:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_Data_Channel