Re: 6.1-rc: names of video outputs changed?

From: Ville Syrjälä
Date: Mon Oct 31 2022 - 13:10:18 EST


On Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 05:58:34PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I used to be able to do:
>
> pavel@duo:~$ xrandr --output HDMI1 --mode 1920x1080 --primary
> warning: output HDMI1 not found; ignoring
> pavel@duo:~$ xrandr --output VGA1 --mode 1280x1024 --below HDMI1
> warning: output VGA1 not found; ignoring
>
> ...but now I have to do:
>
> pavel@duo:~$ xrandr --output VGA-1 --mode 1280x1024 --below HDMI-1
> xrandr: cannot find crtc for output VGA-1
> pavel@duo:~$ xrandr --output LVDS-1 --off
> pavel@duo:~$ xrandr --output VGA-1 --mode 1280x1024 --below HDMI-1
>
> Notice the change from HDMI1 to HDMI-1. I believe that's new in 6.1 or
> so. Who did it and why? Hardware is thinkpad x220, and this breaks my
> scripts :-(.

Are you sure you didn't just switch from intel ddx to modesetting ddx?

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Ville Syrjälä
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