[mdlug] Ubuntu hardware changes

[David Relson]

On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:35:39 -0400
Jeff Hanson wrote:

> 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

I'd heard about BulletProofX and found the link quite informative.  An
easy way to fix a b0rked X installation has long been needed!

It'll be good to have it released and, hopefully, adopted by other
distros.  I hope that "not invented here" doesn't limit its
availability.