Re: Where does 8.0/amd64's X server get resolution from?

[Mouse <mouse%Rodents-Montreal.ORG@localhost>]

>> [...] it would be significantly more convenient to have a way to
>> make the X server start in 1280x1024 regardless of what is or isn't
>> connected at X start, or was or wasn't connected at boot.

> A something like a following xorg.conf shouldn't be sufficient?

> [...]

I copied that into /etc/X11/xorg.conf and then, when I try to start X,
well, here is /var/log/Xorg.0.log from a test run (done with the
monitor connected, because that's a little easier to do, and of course
that has to work also):

[   268.940] 
X.Org X Server 1.18.4
Release Date: 2016-07-19
[   268.940] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[   268.940] Build Operating System: NetBSD/amd64 8.0 - The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
[   268.940] Current Operating System: NetBSD Finch-8-0.Rodents-Montreal.ORG 8.0 NetBSD 8.0 (GEN80) #0: Tue May  5 20:54:17 EDT 2020  mouse%Finch-8-0.Rodents-Montreal.ORG@localhost:/home/mouse/kbuild/GEN80 amd64
[   268.940] Build Date: 14 August 2016  01:29:29AM
[   268.940]  
[   268.941] Current version of pixman: 0.34.0
[   268.941] 	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
[   268.941] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[   268.941] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed May  6 14:58:07 2020
[   268.941] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
[   268.941] (==) No Layout section.  Using the first Screen section.
[   268.941] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0)
[   268.941] (**) |   |-->Monitor "Configured Monitor"
[   268.941] (**) |   |-->Device "Configured Video Device"
[   268.941] (==) Not automatically adding devices
[   268.941] (==) Not automatically enabling devices
[   268.941] (==) Not automatically adding GPU devices
[   268.941] (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff
[   268.942] (==) FontPath set to:
	/usr/X11R7/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,
	/usr/X11R7/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/,
	/usr/X11R7/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,
	/usr/X11R7/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,
	/usr/X11R7/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/
[   268.942] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R7/lib/modules"
[   268.942] (EE) Segmentation fault at address 0x0
[   268.942] (EE) 
Fatal server error:
[   268.942] (EE) Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting
[   268.942] (EE) 
[   268.942] (EE) 
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
	 at http://wiki.X.Org
 for help. 
[   268.942] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[   268.942] (EE) 
[   268.944] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.

So I guess that's "maybe it should work - I don't know - but it
doesn't".

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