On Fri, 11 Jul 2025 15:47:33 GMT, Alexander Zvegintsev <azveg...@openjdk.org> 
wrote:

> On Linux, we are currently use XRRSetScreenConfigAndRate to change the 
> display mode. This works in most cases, except for some VNC-configured hosts, 
> where the display change may not occur.
> One of the conformance tests fails on these hosts.
> 
> It was discovered, that the xrandr utility app works fine on these hosts and 
> uses the Crtc and Output Randr APIs, which provide more fine-grained control 
> over display settings.
> 
> This changeset utilizes the Crtc and Output Randr APIs to change the display 
> mode.
> 
> Currently, changing the display mode is only [available when running a single 
> screen](https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/a86dd56de34f730b42593236f17118ef5ce4985a/src/java.desktop/unix/classes/sun/awt/X11GraphicsDevice.java#L365).
> This limitation remains, but we may remove it in the future. A separate issue 
> [has been filed](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8361968) for this 
> purpose.
> 
> The `awt.x11useOldConfigDisplayMode` system property enables the old 
> behavior. Perhaps there's a better name for it.
> 
> Testing looks good on VNC and local machines.

Additionally to the comments above I think some test should be updated to touch 
both cases when the new property is set and not.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26268#issuecomment-3079685847

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