xserver command-line and config includes - or ATI driver workaround

[Daniel Stone]

On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 10:39:34AM -0700, Daniel Miller wrote:
> I'm looking for a work-around for the ATI driver - specifically the 
> mutually exclusive modes of OpenGLOverlay and VideoOverlay.
> 
> My existing method is to manually edit xorg.conf and change the 
> appropriate yes/no options in the driver section.  I would like a better 
> way.
> 
> The options I've come up with are:
>    * alternate "startx" scripts that pass the options on the command-line
>    * alternate "startx" scripts that adjust file-links to different 
> config files
>    * alternate "startx" scripts that adjust environment variables that 
> are referenced in the config file
> 
> I know how to do the file-link method - I just think it's ugly.  Is 
> there a way of doing one of the others - or maybe someone has a better 
> suggestion?  I'd also like to be able to do this from a gdm/kdm - but I 
> don't think it's possible since the xserver settings are read when 
> gdm/kdm start.

Have alternate ServerLayouts in your xorg.conf, and switch between them
with the -layout server flag.
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