[Tfug] Report: first 1/2 hour with Fedora 10-64bit

[Jim March]

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 10:53 PM, Jim March <1.jim.march at gmail.com> wrote.
> Hi all,
>
> Typing this from Fedora 10.

One last update and then bed: I got dual-screen working.  By default,
Fed10 has no xorg.conf file - I had to grab one from the Ubuntu forums
that works in Intrepid, and then alter the "virtual" line.  Because
the max virtual supported with the Intel 965 chip as 2048x2048, I have
to set the screens up to stack vertically.

In other words, my laptop screen is 1280x800, external screen is
1280x1024.  I can't set them up "side by side" but I *can* stack them,
because 800+1024 is less than 2048.  In the xorg.conf "virtual" line,
the first number is width (total when spanning two screens) while the
second is vertical (ditto).

One last glitch: in testing audio playback, I'm getting some "pop and
stutter".  It's worse with VLC, barely detectable in Mplayer.  It's
not connected to dual-screen or Compiz on/off.  Pulseaudio is
installed and working.  Very puzzling.

This Intrepid-based xorg.conf file did NOT slow down my video performance:

---

# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Generic Keyboard"
	Driver		"kbd"
	Option		"XkbRules"	"xorg"
	Option		"XkbModel"	"pc105"
	Option		"XkbLayout"	"us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
	Driver		"mouse"
	Option		"CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Synaptics Touchpad"
	Driver		"synaptics"
	Option		"SendCoreEvents"	"true"
	Option		"Device"		"/dev/psaux"
	Option		"Protocol"		"auto-dev"
	Option		"HorizEdgeScroll"	"0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Monitor		"Configured Monitor"
	Device		"Configured Video Device"
	SubSection "Display"
  		Virtual 1280 1824
  	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier	"Default Layout"
	Screen		"Default Screen"
	InputDevice	"Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection