On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 06:35:27PM -0500, David Dawes wrote:
> The integration of the RandR extension broke this.  Since it hasn't been
> fixed yet, I'm going to commit some changes to make it possible to
> disable RandR from the config file by adding the following option to
> either the ServerFlags section of the appropriate ServerLayout section
> of the XF86Config file:
> 
>     Option "RandR" "off"
> 
> I'll also add a function that a driver can call (xf86DisableRandR()) to
> prevent RandR from being enabled.  If someone wants to test changing the
> relevant drivers to call this when rotation is enabled, the necessary
> calls can be added (let me know if you do this).  It'd be better if the
> breakage was fixed properly, but that hasn't happened yet and we're very
> late in the release cycle now.  I'll commit these changes soon.  Let us
> know if it helps.
> 
> With these changes RandR will still default to on.  If these simple
> workarounds don't prove effective that default can be changed.

Thanks a lot for adding this! What about calling xf86DisableRandR() in
each driver if rotation is enabled and "Randr" option isn't set to
"on" ? Just and idea ...

Best regards,
Stefan

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