> From: Paul Rogers <paulgrog...@fastmail.fm>
> Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 10:55:39 -0700
> Subject: [blfs-support] Mode switching & VESA vs Nouveau-KMS drivers
>
> In X I've always used the capability to switch screen resolution modes
> on-the-fly with CTL-ALT-KP(+/-). With my latest build, trying FBs and
> the Nouveau driver for the first time, I've lost that. I haven't
Have you tried a config-file entry/snippet:
==
Section "ServerFlags"
.
.
Option "DontZoom" "off"
# This disallows the use of the Ctrl+Alt+Keypad-Plus and
# Ctrl+Alt+Keypad-Minus sequences. These sequences allows you to
# switch between video modes. [...]
.
.
EndSection
==
> discovered if I can configure KMS & the Nouveau driver to get it back,
> but I do get it with the VESA driver. So, I have two questions:
>
> 1) Can KMS/Nouveau be configured to allow mode switching in X, if so
> how?
>
> 2) Performance isn't a real issue for me so far. What would I sacrifice
> going to the VESA driver instead of Nouveau?
>
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>
akh
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