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

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Mon Oct 31 2022 - 13:19:58 EST


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?

How do I tell?

I don't think I did such changes recently. It is Debian 10.13 system
(rather old) so I don't think it did update for me.

Thanks and best regards,
Pavel
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