[Pkg-fglrx-devel] disabling hotplug events

Patrick Matthäi pmatthaei at debian.org
Wed Feb 1 15:39:17 UTC 2012


Am 01.02.2012 16:34, schrieb Sql Sql:
> I have a triple monitor (one is TV) setup on radeon HD 5800 and using
> the fglrx driver on debian Squeeze.
>
> Monitor #1 is connected directly through DisplayPort
> Monitor #2 is connected directly throught DVI.
> Monitor #3 (TV) is connected to receiver that is connected to video card
> through HDMI
>
> Both HDMI and DisplayPort support hot plug notification where it
> notifies the OS that the monitor is turned off.
>
> The problem is that I only use 2 monitors or just the TV. However, when
> I turn on the receiver to listen to music, fglrx receives a hot plug
> event (cause it's connected to the receiver through HDMI).
>
> This cause fglrx to swap the desktops. The desktop displayed on monitor
> #2 will be displayed on the TV etc.
>
> It's even worse if I turn off monitor #1. Now all 3 desktops display on
> monitor #2. All my panels, icons, and configuration will moved to the
> wrong monitor and will not be moved back when monitor is turned on.
>
> I wrote a script to fix these issues. Now when a hot plug event occurs,
> I manually run the script and it restores the original desktop
> configuration.
>
> Is there a way to disable hot plug events? If there isn't, is there at
> least a way to have the script run automatically?
>
>
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COuld you send us the script?



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