From 5703ace9a32228d944e1cf5e819a7737335506d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dirk von Suchodoletz
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 14:37:01 +0000
Subject: Small bugfix, added comments to xconfig.

git-svn-id: http://svn.openslx.org/svn/openslx/trunk@1425 95ad53e4-c205-0410-b2fa-d234c58c8868
---
 initramfs/initrd-stuff/bin/xconfig | 29 ++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

(limited to 'initramfs')

diff --git a/initramfs/initrd-stuff/bin/xconfig b/initramfs/initrd-stuff/bin/xconfig
index c00c386d..7f465746 100755
--- a/initramfs/initrd-stuff/bin/xconfig
+++ b/initramfs/initrd-stuff/bin/xconfig
@@ -12,13 +12,16 @@
 #
 # Universal (distro independent) xorg.conf preparation script for OpenSLX 
 # linux stateless clients, depending on ddcprobe
+#
+# this tool produces a 1024x768 standard resolution if no monitor was
+# detected (problems on some older i8XX, newer NVidia, and ATI adaptors)
 
 #############################################################################
 # local functions used within - check if the monitor might be an older crt
 iscrt () {
 local dim=$1
 local year=$2
-# first three characters are interpreted CRT/TFT
+# first three characters (CRT/TFT) are interpreted later
 local crt="CRT Generic"
 # sub 17" displays
 if [ $dim -lt 750 ] ; then
@@ -52,7 +55,8 @@ elif [ $dim -lt 1300 ] ; then
     crt="CRT 20(+)''"
     echo -e "1600x1200\n1400x1050\n1280x1024\n1152x864" > /tmp/res
   fi
-# any bigger display is most probably a tft
+# any bigger display is most probably a tft (and nobody should have bought
+# a big crt after 2003 :))
 elif [ $year -ge 2004 ] ; then
   crt="TFT 4:3 22+''"
 fi
@@ -73,11 +77,10 @@ echo "$crt"
 . /etc/distro-functions
 
 xfc="/tmp/xorg.conf"
-echo "# ${D_XF86CONFFILE}" > $xfc
+echo -e "# ${D_XF86CONFFILE}\n# autogenerated X hardware configuration by \
+xconfig in OpenSLX stage3\n# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BUT 'xconfig' INSTEAD" \
+  > $xfc
 echo '
-## autogenerated X hardware configuration by $0           ##
-## OpenSLX.ORG Project <openslx-users@openslx.org>        ##
-## DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BUT 'xconfig' INSTEAD            ##
 Section "Files"
 EndSection
 Section "ServerFlags"
@@ -167,17 +170,20 @@ EndSection
 Section "DRI"
   Mode    0666
 EndSection
-'> $xfc
-
+' >> $xfc
+# read ddcprobe output (the adaptor VESA capabilities are of no interest)
 ddcprobe|sed "/mode: /d"|while read line ; do 
   case $line in
     ctiming*|dtiming*)
       Res=$(echo $line|sed "s/.*:\ //;s/@.*//")
       Width=${Res%%x*}
       Height=${Res##*x}
-      # we need exact resolutions for tft displays only
+      # we need exact resolutions for tft displays only and we want to filter
+      # quadratic resolutions (bug of ddcprobe??)
       [ "${IsCrt%% *}" = "TFT" -a $((${Width}00 / ${Height})) -ge 125 ] && \
         echo $Res >> /tmp/res
+      # add information on grafic adaptor and monitor (no practical use
+      # nevertheless)
       [ "x${VendorName}" = "x" ] && VendorName="No vendor string detected" 
         grep ModelName $xfc 2>&1 > /dev/null || \
           sed -e "/Section \"Monitor\"/a\ \ ModelName    \"Display - ${IsCrt}\"" \
@@ -203,7 +209,7 @@ ddcprobe|sed "/mode: /d"|while read line ; do
       Width=${Dim%% *}
       Height=${Dim##* }
       Dim=$(($Width * $Height))
-      # check for geometry - no crt if no 4:3 ratio
+      # check for geometry - no crt if no 4:3 pixel ratio
       if [ $((${Width}00 / $((${Height} + 1 )))) -lt 140 ] ; then
         IsCrt="$(iscrt $Dim $Year)"
       else
@@ -215,7 +221,8 @@ done
 
 # if predefined value is present otherwise use computed/detected stuff
 if [ -n "${hw_monitor}" ] ; then
-  # just cut all starting from k(Hz) ...
+  # just cut all starting from k(Hz), do we need the option to set maximum
+  # monitor capabilities?
   #HS=${hw_monitor%k*}
   #VS=${hw_monitor%Hz*}
   Modes="\"${hw_monitor##* }\""
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