Dynamically switch ServerLayout - is it possible ?

[Patrick Steiner]

Joe Ammann wrote:

>Hi all
>
>after some long fighting with my new Laptop (Dell Latitude D610 with Intel 
>i915GM) I finally reached solutions for most of my problems. I want to get 
>the following 3 configurations running:
>
>1) Laptop without external monitor in 1400x1050 (native resolution of Laptop 
>display) resolution with RANDR
>2) Laptop in Docking Station at home with external CRT which is able to 
>display 1400x1050 at 85 Hz
>3) Laptop in Docking Station at work with external DFP (via DVI) at 1600x1200
>
>I have all 3 working ok (with the help of 915resolution and the newest 
>snapshot of i810 DRI driver), but only with different ServerLayout sections 
>pointing to differently configured devices. The varying parameters include
>
>Option MonitorLayout of the i810 device
>Option VertRefresh of the different monitors
>
>I have not been able to find one single configuration that work in all 
>configurations.
>
>The problem that remains is that I would like to be able to switch between 
>these different layouts without restarting the X server. Now, I do it by 
>passing the -layout option when starting. Is there a way to switch without 
>restarting X ? That would allow me to suspend/hibernate/dock/undock without 
>having to restart X?
>
>CU, Joe
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hi,

could you please post your xorg.conf and you 915resolution execute 
string? because i habe got an dell optiplex sx280 and bigger resolutions 
then 1280x1024 wont work :-(.

do i really need to rebuild the xserver? i currently use: 
xorg-x11-6.8.2-37.FC4.49.2 (Fedora Core 4)

patrick