Xorg hell: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| (3 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
[[File:Xkcdx11.png|right|thumb|XKCD weighs in, 2011-10-12]] | |||
Ahhh, XFree86/Xorg. What a steaming pile of FUBAR it's been. Things are rapidly getting better, though (unfortunately, the [[Linux framebuffer|framebuffer]] kernel layer now seems to be rotting slightly -- there's no intention, from what I can tell, to support [[Intel 965]] for instance). I use [[Intel 965]] video extensively, and have for some time -- info within might only be applicable to that card, and of course all of this may vary based on your [[Debian]] setup. | Ahhh, XFree86/Xorg. What a steaming pile of FUBAR it's been. Things are rapidly getting better, though (unfortunately, the [[Linux framebuffer|framebuffer]] kernel layer now seems to be rotting slightly -- there's no intention, from what I can tell, to support [[Intel 965]] for instance). I use [[Intel 965]] video extensively, and have for some time -- info within might only be applicable to that card, and of course all of this may vary based on your [[Debian]] setup. | ||
| Line 5: | Line 6: | ||
* "[http://cworth.org/exa/i965/new_job_old_tricks/ A New Job, but Old Performance Fixes]" at Carl Worth's [http://cworth.org/blog/ blog] | * "[http://cworth.org/exa/i965/new_job_old_tricks/ A New Job, but Old Performance Fixes]" at Carl Worth's [http://cworth.org/blog/ blog] | ||
* "[http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/the_new_xorg_features The X Window Innovation; Welcome to the New Xorg]" on the Free Software Magazine's [http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/taxonomy/term/572 Xorg tags], and also "[http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/xorgs_x_window_innovation_its_not_all_about_graphics Xorg's Innovation: It's Not ALL About the Graphics (but there is quite a lot of it)"] from those same tags | * "[http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/the_new_xorg_features The X Window Innovation; Welcome to the New Xorg]" on the Free Software Magazine's [http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/taxonomy/term/572 Xorg tags], and also "[http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/xorgs_x_window_innovation_its_not_all_about_graphics Xorg's Innovation: It's Not ALL About the Graphics (but there is quite a lot of it)"] from those same tags | ||
==Keyboards== | |||
* Disable NumLock/CapsLock entirely via <tt>xmodmap -e "keycode # = """</tt>. | |||
** Replace # with the scancode (use <tt>xev</tt> and look for <tt>keycode</tt>) | |||
== Terminology == | == Terminology == | ||
| Line 62: | Line 66: | ||
* [[Intel 965]] page | * [[Intel 965]] page | ||
* [[CUDA]] page | * [[CUDA]] page | ||
* [[Video Acceleration]] on Linux | |||
[[CATEGORY: Display]] | |||