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function LegacyXOrgConfCreator
% LegacyXOrgConfCreator - Automatically create X11 config files for old X-Servers.
%
% This it the legacy version for X-Server 1.20 and earlier, Mesa 21.x and earlier,
% running Linux 5.14 and earlier. It gets called by XOrgConfCreator on such older
% setups. The plan is to not touch this file in the future anymore.
%
% This friendly little setup assistant will analyze your systems graphics
% card and display setup, then ask you questions about how you want your
% display setup configured. Then it will create a configuration file to
% setup your displays in the desired way after the next logout -> login
% cycle, or after the next reboot of your machine.
%
% Files are stored by default in a configuration directory where the
% XOrgConfSelector helper script can find and apply them.
%
% Please note that this assistant can't yet handle systems with multiple
% active graphics cards properly. It is only for regular single graphics
% card setups or hybrid graphics laptops with one active graphics card.
%
% In order for the assistant to detect and handle all potentially useful
% displays you must have all of them connected and active at the time the
% assistant is run.
%
% History:
% 04-Nov-2015 mk Written.
% 25-Apr-2016 mk Add support for selection of modesetting ddx on XOrg 1.18+
% 28-Aug-2016 mk Add basic hybrid graphics setup support.
% 09-Jun-2017 mk Add 30 bpp framebuffer support and 16 bpc framebuffer support
% on AMD Sea Islands gpus, to simplify setup of high color bit
% depth framebuffers.
% 11-Jun-2022 mk Only handle systems with legacy XOrg X-Server 1.20 or earlier.
% Freeze this file in maintenance mode from now on, until removal
% in a few years.
if ~IsLinux
fprintf('This function is only supported or useful on Linux. Bye!\n');
return;
end
if IsWayland
fprintf('This function is only supported or useful on Linux with the good old X11/XServer stack, not on Wayland. Bye!\n');
return;
end
% Step 1: Get the currently active display gpu and derive the required
% X video driver from it. We do this by opening a little invisble
% onscreen window, then querying its window info to get the type
% of primary display gpu used:
fprintf('Detecting type of primary display graphics card (GPU) and driver to use...\n');
oldVerbosity = Screen('Preference', 'Verbosity', 1);
oldSyncTests = Screen('Preference', 'SkipSyncTests', 2);
try
win = Screen('OpenWindow', 0, 0, [0 0 32 32], 24);
winfo = Screen('GetWindowInfo', win);
modesettingddxactive = Screen('GetWindowInfo', win, 8);
Screen('CloseAll');
xdriver = DetectDDX(winfo);
fprintf('Primary display gpu type: %s\n', xdriver);
if ~modesettingddxactive
fprintf('Uses the xf86-video-%s DDX video driver.\n', xdriver);
else
fprintf('Uses the xf86-video-modesetting DDX video driver.\n');
end
% Find Mesa version, if this is running on Mesa.
mesaVerstr = strfind(winfo.GLVersion, 'Mesa');
if ~isempty(mesaVerstr)
mesaVersion = sscanf(winfo.GLVersion(mesaVerstr:end), 'Mesa %i.%i.%i');
else
mesaVersion = [0,0,0];
end
% Identify major version of Broadcom VideoCore on a RaspberryPi, and deep color caps:
videoCoreDeepColor = 0;
if ~isempty(strfind(winfo.GPUCoreId, 'VC4'))
videoCoreVersion = sscanf(winfo.GLRenderer(end-2:end), '%i.%i');
% VideoCore 4 or later, on Mesa 23.3.0 or later? Then it is 10 bpc deep color capable:
if videoCoreVersion(1) >= 4 && (mesaVersion(1) > 23 || (mesaVersion(1) == 23 && mesaVersion(2) >= 3))
videoCoreDeepColor = 1;
end
else
videoCoreVersion = [];
end
% DRM Modifier workaround not needed on any known configuration since 2021:
needPreventDrmModifiers = 0;
% Step 2: Enumerate all available video outputs on all X-Screens:
outputs = [];
outputCnt = 0;
screenNumbers = Screen('Screens');
for screenNumber = screenNumbers
% Reject non-existent screens:
if ~ismember(screenNumber, Screen('Screens'))
continue;
end
% Get number of video outputs per screen:
numOutputs = Screen('ConfigureDisplay', 'NumberOutputs', screenNumber);
for outputId = 0:numOutputs-1
outputCnt = outputCnt + 1;
outputs{outputCnt} = Screen('ConfigureDisplay', 'Scanout', screenNumber, outputId);
outputs{outputCnt}.screenNumber = screenNumber;
% disp(outputs{outputCnt});
end
end
fprintf('Found a total of %i video output displays on %i X-Screens.\n\n', outputCnt, length(screenNumbers));
% HybridGraphics laptop?
[multigpu, suitable, fullysupported] = DetectHybridGraphics(winfo, xdriver);
% Single display setup?
if outputCnt == 1
% Yes. That answers the question if multi-x-screen is wanted:
fprintf('Only a single active display connected, so obviously you want a single-display setup.\n');
multixscreen = 0;
else
fprintf('Multiple displays (active video outputs) detected. Do you want a setup with one single\n');
fprintf('X-Screen or a Dual X-Screen setup? A single X-Screen setup will automatically\n');
fprintf('adapt to the number and type of connected displays, plug & play. It will also provide the\n');
fprintf('highest graphics performance, lowest latency, and best timing reliability/precision\n');
fprintf('for displaying a single Psychtoolbox fullscreen onscreen window for visual stimulation,\n');
fprintf('because Psychtoolbox would take over exclusive control of your graphics card with its\n');
fprintf('single onscreen window covering the whole single X-Screen and all its video outputs.\n\n');
fprintf('For stereoscopic / binocular dual-display stimulation you would just have two stimulation\n');
fprintf('displays enabled, showing a single Psychtoolbox onscreen window in stereomode 4 or 5.\n');
fprintf('For single display stimulation you would turn off all displays but the one you want to\n');
fprintf('use for visual stimulation. Ditto for triple-display stimulation etc.\n');
fprintf('\n');
fprintf('The downside of a single X-Screen setup is obviously that you can not display a regular\n');
fprintf('desktop GUI, e.g., with your Octave or Matlab window, while the experiment session is running.\n');
fprintf('You will either see the desktop GUI with Octave/Matlab, or the Psychtoolbox window.\n');
fprintf('\n');
fprintf('A dual X-Screen "ZaphodHeads" setup on the other hand will allow you to split your graphics cards\n');
fprintf('displays into two completely separate sets. The video displays assigned to X-Screen 0 will continue\n');
fprintf('to display your regular desktop GUI with the Octave or Matlab windows and other applications.\n');
fprintf('The second X-Screen (number 1) will have all the visual stimulation displays attached for\n');
fprintf('exclusive use by a single Psychtoolbox onscreen window. This will still provide good performance\n');
fprintf('and the convenience of a visible GUI, although a bit of performance and timing robustness will\n');
fprintf('have to be sacrificed, because some GPU resources have to be used to drive the desktop GUI.\n');
fprintf('\n');
fprintf('You could also create a setup with as many X-Screens as there are outputs available for\n');
fprintf('special configurations, e.g., stimulation of two or more separate subjects at once.\n');
fprintf('\n\n');
answer = '';
while isempty(answer) || ~ismember(answer, ['s', 'm'])
answer = input('Do you want a single X-Screen (s) or a dual/multi X-Screen (m) setup? [s / m] ', 's');
end
fprintf('\n\n');
if answer == 'm'
multixscreen = 1;
else
multixscreen = 0;
end
end
% Setup of NoAutoAddGPU needed? Some muxed hybrid graphics laptops
% need this if both gpus have outputs, but the set of outputs of one
% of the gpus is free floating if the other one is selected via mux.
% The ghost outputs then confuse the X-Servers setup of screen layout
% and one has outputs which occupy x-screen space but can't display
% anything, causing a deeply confusing desktop layout.
% NoAutoAddGPU prevents secondary gpus from being added as slave gpus
% to the X-Screen, thereby there outputs don't show up. Downside would
% be a regular GUI setup won't be able to access external displays on
% a dual-gpu setup where only the 2nd gpu can drive external outputs.
% A dual-x-screen setup won't have that problem though, so a typical
% visual stimulation setup would not suffer, only regular desktop use.
noautoaddgpu = 0;
if multigpu
answer = '';
while isempty(answer) || ~ismember(answer, ['y', 'n'])
answer = input('Do you experience weird issues with display arrangements and want me to try to fix it? [y / n] ', 's');
end
if answer == 'y'
noautoaddgpu = 1;
end
end
if multigpu && suitable
answer = '';
while isempty(answer) || ~ismember(answer, ['y', 'n'])
answer = input('Do you want to make use of the high-performance secondary discrete gpu (Optimus/Enduro)? [y / n] ', 's');
end
% Treat a "no" as if the laptop does not have multiple gpus:
if answer == 'n'
multigpu = 0;
end
end
if multixscreen == 0
serverLayout = '';
xscreencount = 0;
else
% Multi-X-Screen. Step through X-Screens and assign ZaphodHeads:
screenNumber = 0;
anotherScreen = 1;
remainingOutputs = 1:outputCnt;
xscreenoutputs{1} = [];
while (anotherScreen > 0) && (length(remainingOutputs) > 0)
% Display windows with Output name labels on each output:
fprintf('The following outputs are available for assignment to X-Screen %i:\n\n', screenNumber);
for i=1:outputCnt
if ismember(i, remainingOutputs)
scanout = outputs{i};
winRect = OffsetRect([0, 0, 600, 100], scanout.xStart, scanout.yStart);
w(i) = Screen('Openwindow', scanout.screenNumber, 0, winRect, 24);
Screen('TextSize', w(i), 48);
Screen('DrawText', w(i), [num2str(i) ') ' scanout.name], 10, 10, 255);
Screen('Flip', w(i));
fprintf('%i) Output %s.\n', i, scanout.name);
end
end
fprintf('\n');
fprintf('Please enter the numbers of the outputs which should be assigned to X-Screen %i.\n', screenNumber);
if screenNumber == 0
fprintf('These will be the display outputs used to display the GUI with Octave and Matlab.\n');
else
fprintf('These will be the display outputs used for visual stimulation.\n');
end
outputNumbers = '';
while isempty(outputNumbers) || ~all(ismember(outputNumbers, remainingOutputs))
answer = input('Enter space-separated list of numbers of outputs to use, RETURN to finish: ', 's');
outputNumbers = str2num(answer);
end
% Ok, outputNumbers contains the outputs that this screen should use.
% Remove them from list of unassigned outputs:
remainingOutputs = setdiff(remainingOutputs, outputNumbers);
% Add them to list of outputs for this screen:
xscreenoutputs{screenNumber + 1} = outputNumbers;
Screen('CloseAll');
% Setup another screen?
if length(remainingOutputs) > 0
% Possible, as there are unassigned outputs:
fprintf('\nThere are %i unassigned active video outputs left.\n', length(remainingOutputs));
answer = '';
while isempty(answer) || ~ismember(answer, ['y', 'n'])
answer = input('Do you want to create another X-Screen for some of these? [y/n] ', 's');
end
if answer == 'n'
anotherScreen = 0;
else
screenNumber = screenNumber + 1;
xscreenoutputs{screenNumber + 1} = [];
end
end
end
% Ok, we have a selection for each screen:
fprintf('\n\n');
fprintf('Will create %i X-Screens with the following output assignment:\n', screenNumber + 1);
totalAssignedOutputCnt = 0;
for i = 0:screenNumber
fprintf('X-Screen %i: ', i);
for j=1:length(xscreenoutputs{i + 1})
scanout = outputs{(xscreenoutputs{i + 1}(j))};
if j == 1
ZaphodHeads{i+1} = scanout.name;
else
ZaphodHeads{i+1} = [ZaphodHeads{i+1} ',' scanout.name];
end
totalAssignedOutputCnt = totalAssignedOutputCnt + 1;
end
fprintf('%s\n', ZaphodHeads{i+1});
end
end
% Setup of special driver options?
answer = '';
while isempty(answer) || ~ismember(answer, ['y', 'n'])
answer = input('Do you want to configure special/advanced settings? [y/n] ', 's');
end
% Don't allow choice of UXA on intel anymore. It is an only lightly maintained
% backend with no active development and missing features wrt. SNA, e.g., no
% 10 bpc gamma lut's and therefore no > 8 bpc output. There's only downsides
% to it without any upsides atm.:
useuxa = 'd';
if answer == 'n'
% Nope. Just use the "don't care" settings:
triplebuffer = 'd';
dri3 = 'd';
modesetting = 'd';
depth30bpp = 'd';
atinotiling = 'd';
vrrsupport = 'd';
% Keep using modesetting if it is already in use on single-x-screen:
if (modesetting == 'd') && modesettingddxactive && ~multixscreen
xdriver = 'modesetting';
end
else
% Ask questions for setup of advanced options:
modesetting = 'd';
% Which X-Server version is in use?
xversion = [0, 0, 0];
[rc, text] = system('xdpyinfo | grep ''X.Org version''');
if rc == 0
xversion = sscanf (text, 'X.Org version: %d.%d.%d');
else
% No xdpyinfo installed by default, e.g., on RaspberryPi OS, or failed?
% Try again at old traditional xorg log location:
[rc, text] = system('grep ''X.Org X Server '' /var/log/Xorg.0.log');
if rc == 0
xversion = sscanf (text, 'X.Org X Server %d.%d.%d');
end
end
% AMD "Sea Islands" gpu with DCE-8 display engine, running under classic ati-ddx?
if strcmp(xdriver, 'ati') && (winfo.GPUMinorType >= 80 && winfo.GPUMinorType < 100)
% Up to 12 bpc in theory, if we encode into a 16 bpc framebuffer, using our PTB
% special framebuffer encoding hack, which needs a linear, non-tiled framebuffer.
% Ask if user wants to trade performance for increased color precision:
fprintf('\n\nDo you want to allow use of an up to 12 bpc precision per color channel framebuffer?\n');
fprintf('This only works on Sea Islands AMD gpus like yours, and only with some displays and video\n');
fprintf('outputs. It also causes substantial reduction in graphics performance, and only works with\n');
fprintf('some desktop GUI environments, e.g., GNOME-3. This function is highly experimental and may\n');
fprintf('not work at all on your setup, so use a photometer to verify actual precision carefully!\n');
fprintf('This also works with later gpus up to and including AMD Vega, but does not need setup here.\n');
fprintf('Answer no here if a 10 bpc / 30 bpp framebuffer is sufficient for your needs.\n');
atinotiling = '';
while isempty(atinotiling) || ~ismember(atinotiling, ['y', 'n', 'd'])
atinotiling = input('Use a slower linear framebuffer to allow for up to 12 bpc color depth [y for yes, n for no, d for don''t care]? ', 's');
end
else
atinotiling = 'd';
end
% Does the driver + gpu combo support depth 30, 10 bpc framebuffers natively, and user has not chosen 12 bpc mode yet?
% As of March 2018, the latest intel-ddx and nouveau-ddx, as well as amdgpu-pro ddx and nvidia proprietary ddx do support
% 30 bit on modern X-Servers. The amdgpu-ddx and modesetting-ddx support depth 30 with X-Server 1.20 and later versions.
if (atinotiling ~= 'y') && (~strcmp(winfo.GPUCoreId, 'VC4') || videoCoreDeepColor) && ...
(strcmp(xdriver, 'intel') || strcmp(xdriver, 'nouveau') || strcmp(xdriver, 'nvidia') || strcmp(xdriver, 'amdgpu-pro') || ...
strcmp(xdriver, 'ati') || ((xversion(1) > 1 || (xversion(1) == 1 && xversion(2) >= 20)) && (strcmp(xdriver, 'modesetting') || strcmp(xdriver, 'amdgpu'))))
fprintf('\n\nDo you want to setup a 30 bit framebuffer for 10 bpc precision per color channel?\n');
if strcmp(xdriver, 'intel') || strcmp(xdriver, 'nouveau') || strcmp(xdriver, 'ati') || strcmp(xdriver, 'modesetting') || strcmp(xdriver, 'amdgpu')
fprintf('This will need a year 2018 or later Linux distribution, e.g., at least Ubuntu 18.04 LTS,\n');
fprintf('with Mesa 18.0 or later for Intel and AMD gpus, and Mesa 18.1 or later for NVidia gpus.\n');
fprintf('The RaspberryPi 4 and later models do require RaspberryPi OS 11 and Mesa 23.3.1 and later.\n');
end
if multigpu
fprintf('It may or may not work on hybrid-graphics laptops. Such configurations are so far untested.\n');
end
fprintf('If your desktop GUI fails to work, or Psychtoolbox gives lots of timing or page-flip related warnings,\n');
fprintf('then you know your system and hardware is not ready yet for this depth 30 mode. On AMD hardware sold\n');
fprintf('from 2007 to ~2019, up to and including AMD Polaris, but *not* anymore for AMD Vega, Navi RX 5000 or AMD Ryzen\n');
fprintf('processor integrated graphics or later models, depth 30 will always work even without the need to set\n');
fprintf('it up here, at least for PsychImaging native 10 bit framebuffer tasks, albeit at potentially slightly\n');
fprintf('lower performance. These slightly older AMD gpus have special support by PTB in this sense.\n');
fprintf('Also note that not all gpus can output true 10 bpc on all types of video outputs. Check carefully with a photometer etc.!\n');
depth30bpp = '';
while isempty(depth30bpp) || ~ismember(depth30bpp, ['y', 'n', 'd'])
depth30bpp = input('Use a 30 bpp, 10 bpc framebuffer [y for yes, n for no, d for don''t care]? ', 's');
end
% Depth 30 on Intel gfx requested?
% This won't work with modesetting ddx of X-Server 1.20 or earlier, as that driver only supports
% 256 slot 8 bpc in -> 8 bpc out gamma lut's, so doesn't pass 10 bpc from fb to display.
% It does work with X-Server 1.21+ modesetting-ddx, as that one uses GAMMA_LUT modern gamma tables
% if supported by the kernel.
if depth30bpp == 'y' && strcmp(xdriver, 'intel') && ~(xversion(1) > 1 || (xversion(1) == 1 && xversion(2) >= 21))
% Actively request no use of modesetting ddx:
modesetting = 'n';
end
% Depth 30 on multi-x-screen setup requested?
if depth30bpp == 'y' && multixscreen
depth30bpp = '';
while isempty(depth30bpp) || isempty(str2num(depth30bpp)) || ~isnumeric(str2num(depth30bpp))
depth30bpp = input('Enter a space-separated list of screen numbers for which 30 bit color depth should be used: ', 's');
end
end
else
depth30bpp = 'd';
end
% Mesa FOSS graphics driver on top of open-source Linux DRM/KMS?
if ~isempty(strfind(winfo.GLVersion, 'Mesa'))
% Possibly VRR capable Mesa driver + Linux DRM/KMS driver:
fprintf('\n\nDo you want to allow use of so called VRR Variable Refresh Rate Mode?\n');
fprintf('This is also known as FreeSync or DisplayPort adaptive sync. It allows to control\n');
fprintf('visual stimulus onset with more fine-grained timing (see ''help VRRSupport'' for more infos).\n');
fprintf('This currently only works on AMD Sea Islands gpus and later or Intel Gen-12 Tigerlake graphics and later,\n');
fprintf('with suitable displays and cables. It also needs at least Linux 5.2 for AMD gpus or\n');
fprintf('at least Linux 5.12 for Intel gpus.\n');
vrrsupport = '';
while isempty(vrrsupport) || ~ismember(vrrsupport, ['y', 'n', 'd'])
vrrsupport = input('Allow use of VRR Variable Refresh Rate mode [y for yes, n for no, d for don''t care]? ', 's');
end
else
vrrsupport = 'd';
end
% VRR requested?
if (vrrsupport == 'y') && ~(xversion(1) > 1 || (xversion(1) == 1 && xversion(2) >= 21))
% This won't work with modesetting ddx of X-Server 1.20 or earlier, only with the one
% from X-Server 1.21 or later. Actively request to not use modesetting ddx:
modesetting = 'n';
end
if (rc == 0) && ~strcmp(xdriver, 'nvidia') && ~strcmp(xdriver, 'modesetting') && ...
(~multigpu || (~strcmp(xdriver, 'intel') && ~strcmp(xdriver, 'ati'))) && ...
(vrrsupport ~= 'y') && ... % as of December 2019, the modesetting-ddx does not support VRR.
(~isempty(intersect(depth30bpp, 'nd')) || ~strcmp(xdriver, 'intel')) % As of July 2019, on Intel gfx only intel-ddx can do depth30bpp, not modesetting.
% HybridGraphics Intel + NVidia/AMD needs intel-ddx, modesetting won't work. Ditto for AMD + AMD.
% XOrg 1.18.0 or later? xf86-video-modesetting is only good enough for our purposes on 1.18 and later.
% Also must be a Mesa version safe for use with DRI3/Present:
if (xversion(1) > 1 || (xversion(1) == 1 && xversion(2) >= 18)) && ...
~isempty(strfind(winfo.GLVersion, 'Mesa')) && (bitand(winfo.SpecialFlags, 2^24) > 0)
% Yes: The xf86-video-modesetting driver is an option that supports DRI3/Present well.
fprintf('\n\nDo you want to use the new kms modesetting driver xf86-video-modesetting?\n');
fprintf('This is a new video driver, which works with all open-source display drivers.\n');
fprintf('It is shown to be rather efficient, but not as feature rich and well tested as other drivers yet.\n');
fprintf('If you are not sure what to select, answer n for no as a safe choice.\n');
if multixscreen && ~modesettingddxactive
fprintf('CAUTION: When setting up a multi-x-screen setup with modesetting, you must do this in two separate\n');
fprintf('CAUTION: steps. First run this script followed by XOrgConfSelector to select modesetting in a\n');
fprintf('CAUTION: single x-screen setup, then logout and login again. Then run XOrgConfCreator again, selecting\n');
fprintf('CAUTION: a multi-x-screen setup with the modesetting driver selected again. If you do not follow this\n');
fprintf('CAUTION: order you would end up with a dysfunctional graphical user interface!\n');
fprintf('CAUTION: If you answer ''yes'' below, i will modify your choice, so you can safely execute\n');
fprintf('CAUTION: the first step of this procedure, so no worries...\n');
end
usemodesetting = '';
while isempty(usemodesetting) || ~ismember(usemodesetting, ['y', 'n', 'd'])
usemodesetting = input('Use modesetting driver [y for yes, n for no, d for don''t care]? ', 's');
end
% Only choose modesetting on explicit yes for now:
if usemodesetting == 'y'
xdriver = 'modesetting';
modesetting = 'y';
end
% If the user explicitly does not want modesetting, and there are no forcing circumstances to use or not use it,
% (aka modesetting == 'd') and we are actually running on a Intel gpu or nouveau/NVidia, then force modesetting
% off. Background: As of Ubuntu 20.04-LTS, the distro will select modesetting-ddx by default for both Intel and
% NVidia+nouveau, so we need a config file to opt-out of use of modesetting-ddx, not to opt-in.
if (usemodesetting == 'n') && (modesetting == 'd') && (strcmp(xdriver, 'intel') || strcmp(xdriver, 'nouveau'))
modesetting = 'n';
end
end
end
% Map a "Don't care" about modesetting to choice of modesetting if modesetting is already active.
% We'd do this anyway below in an override, but doing it early allows to skip all those redundant questions below:
if (modesetting == 'd') && modesettingddxactive
xdriver = 'modesetting';
modesetting = 'y';
end
if strcmp(xdriver, 'intel') || strcmp(xdriver, 'nouveau')
fprintf('\n\nDo you want to allow the use of triple-buffering under DRI2?\n');
fprintf('Triple buffering can potentially cause a slight increase in performance for very\n');
fprintf('demanding visual stimulation paradigms. However, it is not without downsides. It can\n');
fprintf('cause visual glitches in some applications other than Psychtoolbox, or for visual\n');
fprintf('desktop animations, ie. during regular desktop use of your computer.\n');
fprintf('Also for some stimulation paradigms performance is not consistently increased, but\n');
fprintf('can become somewhat erratic.\n');
if strcmp(xdriver, 'intel')
fprintf('Additionally on some intel graphics drivers with sna acceleration, some uses of\n');
fprintf('triple-buffering can cause hangs of Psychtoolbox.\n');
end
fprintf('To take advantage of the potential performance improvements one also needs to adapt\n');
fprintf('experiment scripts in a special way, which makes the code only work on Linux, not on OSX or Windows.\n');
fprintf('Due to this mixed bag of advantages and disadvantages, it is usually better to not\n');
fprintf('use triple-buffering but instead enable DRI3/Present support if possible for especially\n');
fprintf('demanding paradigms.');
fprintf('If you are unsure, or generally happy with the graphics performance, just answer\n');
fprintf('"d" for "Don''t care", so we leave the decision of what is best to your system.\n');
fprintf('To try it out, e.g., to get a bit more performance, answer "y", otherwise "n".\n\n');
triplebuffer = '';
while isempty(triplebuffer) || ~ismember(triplebuffer, ['y', 'n', 'd'])
triplebuffer = input('Allow use of DRI2 triple-buffering [y for yes, n for no, d for don''t care]? ', 's');
end
else
triplebuffer = 'd';
end
% Is the use of DRI3/Present safely possible with this combo of Mesa and X-Server?
if ~strcmp(xdriver, 'modesetting') && ~isempty(strfind(winfo.GLVersion, 'Mesa')) && (bitand(winfo.SpecialFlags, 2^24) > 0)
% Yes. Propose it:
fprintf('\n\nDo you want to allow the use of the new DRI3/Present display backend?\n');
fprintf('DRI3 is a new method of displaying content which is potentially more efficient\n');
fprintf('and provides potentially higher performance. However, DRI3/Present needs fairly\n');
fprintf('recent display drivers, otherwise some glitches may occur with this new technology.\n');
fprintf('\n');
fprintf('If you are unsure, but generally happy with the graphics performance, just answer\n');
fprintf('"d" for "Don''t care", so we leave the decision what is best to your system.\n');
fprintf('To try it out, e.g., to get a bit more performance, answer "y". Psychtoolbox will\n');
fprintf('warn you during the next session if it thinks you enabled DRI3 on a unsuitable system,\n');
fprintf('so don''t worry about wrong answers, they can be corrected.\n\n');
dri3 = '';
while isempty(dri3) || ~ismember(dri3, ['y', 'n', 'd'])
dri3 = input('Allow use of DRI3/Present [y for yes, n for no, d for don''t care]? ', 's');
end
else
dri3 = 'd';
end
% End of advanced configuration.
end
catch
fprintf('Sorry, something went wrong. Aborting. The error message was:\n');
% Close all windows:
Screen('CloseAll');
% Restore old Screen settings:
Screen('Preference', 'SkipSyncTests', oldSyncTests);
Screen('Preference', 'Verbosity', oldVerbosity);
psychrethrow(psychlasterror);
end
fprintf('\n\n');
% Close all windows:
Screen('CloseAll');
% Restore old Screen settings:
Screen('Preference', 'SkipSyncTests', oldSyncTests);
Screen('Preference', 'Verbosity', oldVerbosity);
% We have all information and answers we wanted. Synthesize a xorg.conf:
% Hybrid graphics use requested by user?
if multigpu && suitable && dri3 ~= 'y'
% Override use of dri3 to 'y'es, as we need DRI3/Present for renderoffload:
dri3 = 'y';
fprintf('Override: Enabling DRI3/Present, as this is needed for hybrid graphics Optimus/Enduro support.\n');
end
primehacks = 0;
if multigpu && suitable && ~fullysupported
primehacks = 1;
end
% Actually any xorg.conf for non-standard settings needed?
if noautoaddgpu == 0 && multixscreen == 0 && dri3 == 'd' && ismember(useuxa, ['d', 'n']) && triplebuffer == 'd' && modesetting == 'd' && ...
~isempty(intersect(depth30bpp, 'nd')) && ismember(atinotiling, ['d', 'n']) && ~strcmp(xdriver, 'nvidia') && vrrsupport == 'd' && ...
needPreventDrmModifiers == 0 && ~IsARM
% All settings are for a single X-Screen setup with auto-detected outputs
% and all driver settings on default and not on a NVidia proprietary driver.
% There isn't any need or purpose for a xorg.conf file, so we are done.
fprintf('With the settings you requested, there is no need for a xorg.conf file at all,\n');
fprintf('so i will not create one and we are done. Bye!\n\n');
return;
end
% Multi X-Screen ZaphodHeads setup defined while modesetting-ddx was active? In that case,
% the determined ZaphodHead output names are only valid for use with the modesetting-ddx.
% Therefore, if user chose "(d)on't care" wrt. modesetting-ddx, select it, so user is not
% left with a dysfunctional multi x-screen setup:
if (multixscreen > 0) && (modesetting == 'n') && modesettingddxactive && strcmp(xdriver, 'intel')
% User wants depth30bpp and no modesetting, e.g., because Intel-gfx doesn't provide depth 30
% under modesetting, but user also wants multi-X-screen and the modesetting ddx is currently
% active. We have to switch to non-modesetting intel-ddx driver to get depth 30 working,
% but this means we can't switch to multi-x-screen at the same time. Sacrifice multi-x-screen
% for this two-setup setup process:
multixscreen = 0;
fprintf('Override: Ignoring request for multi X-Screen configuration, as modesetting-ddx\n');
fprintf('Override: is currently active while creating this config but must *not* be used for\n');
fprintf('Override: requested color depth 30 bit. Generating a single-x-screen intel-ddx\n');
fprintf('Override: config now. Please repeat the multi-x-screen + intel-ddx setup after logging\n');
fprintf('Override: out and in again with this new configuration selected.\n');
elseif (multixscreen > 0) && (modesetting == 'n') && modesettingddxactive && vrrsupport == 'y'
% User wants VRR and no modesetting, because modesetting-ddx doesn't support VRR yet,
% but user also wants multi-X-screen and the modesetting ddx is currently active. We
% have to switch to non-modesetting ddx driver to get VRR working, but this means we
% can't switch to multi-x-screen at the same time. Sacrifice multi-x-screen for this
% two-setup setup process:
multixscreen = 0;
fprintf('Override: Ignoring request for multi X-Screen configuration, as modesetting-ddx\n');
fprintf('Override: is currently active while creating this config but must *not* be used for\n');
fprintf('Override: requested VRR support. Generating a single-x-screen ddx config now.\n');
fprintf('Override: Please repeat the multi-x-screen + non-modesetting-ddx setup after logging\n');
fprintf('Override: out and in again with this new configuration selected.\n');
elseif (multixscreen > 0) && (modesetting ~= 'y') && modesettingddxactive
modesetting = 'y';
xdriver = 'modesetting';
dri3 = 'd'; % modesetting defaults to DRI3, which is what we want, so 'd'ont care does the job.
fprintf('Override: Selecting modesetting-ddx driver for this multi X-Screen configuration, as\n');
fprintf('Override: the modesetting-ddx is currently active while creating this config.\n');
elseif (multixscreen > 0) && (modesetting == 'y') && ~modesettingddxactive
multixscreen = 0;
fprintf('Override: Ignoring request for multi X-Screen configuration, as modesetting-ddx\n');
fprintf('Override: is requested, but was not active while creating this config. This would\n');
fprintf('Override: create an invalid configuration. Generating a single-x-screen modesetting\n');
fprintf('Override: config now. Please repeat the multi-x-screen + modesetting setup after logging\n');
fprintf('Override: out and in again with this new configuration selected.\n');
end
% If we want/need to use the intel-ddx, also try to use DRI3/Present, unless user
% strictly said 'n'o. Why? On modern distros with recent Mesa, OpenGL clients and
% also desktop GUI's (OpenGL desktop compositors) will choose the new 'iris' OpenGL
% gallium driver on Intel Gen8+, but the intel-ddx will currently always choose the
% old i965 DRI classic driver. This mismatch of server/ddx uses i965, but compositor/
% OpenGL client uses iris, will end in a nice desktop GUI crash, unless we use DRI3!
% Hard earned wisdom, but with DRI3 we are safe for the moment, so choose that:
if strcmp(xdriver, 'intel') && (dri3 ~= 'n')
fprintf('Override: Use of intel-ddx implies use of DRI3/Present for higher reliability, so enabling DRI3.\n');
dri3 = 'y';
end
% Define filename of output file:
fdir = PsychtoolboxConfigDir ('XorgConfs');
if multixscreen > 0
fname = [fdir sprintf('90-ptbconfig_%i_xscreens_%i_outputs_%s.conf', screenNumber+1, totalAssignedOutputCnt, xdriver)];
else
fname = [fdir sprintf('90-ptbconfig_single_xscreen_%s.conf', xdriver)];
end
fprintf('Ready to write the config file. I propose this filename and location:\n');
fprintf('%s\n', fname);
answer = input('Type ENTER/RETURN to accept, or provide an alternative filename: ', 's');
if ~isempty(answer)
fname = answer;
fprintf('Will store at this location instead:\n%s\n\n', fname);
end
% Need a xorg.conf file, so create one:
[fid, errmsg] = fopen(fname, 'w');
if fid == -1
fprintf('ERROR: Could not create xorg.conf output file "%s".\n', fname);
fprintf('ERROR: The OS said: %s\n', errmsg);
error('Game over.');
end
% Header:
fprintf(fid, '# Auto generated xorg.conf - Created by Psychtoolbox LegacyXOrgConfCreator.\n\n');
if noautoaddgpu > 0 || needPreventDrmModifiers
fprintf(fid, 'Section "ServerFlags"\n');
if noautoaddgpu
fprintf(fid, ' Option "AutoAddGPU" "false"\n');
end
if needPreventDrmModifiers
% Explicitely prevent use of dmabuf_capable flag for modesetting-ddx, as that
% can cause broken pageflipping on some systems. It used to be the case with
% Raspbian with Linux 5.3 and later in early 2021, but that bug has been fixed
% in February 2021, so this is of no concern anymore atm.
% For historical bug, see: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/issues/3601
fprintf(fid, ' Option "Debug" "None"\n');
end
fprintf(fid, 'EndSection\n\n');
end
if multixscreen == 0 && dri3 == 'd' && ismember(useuxa, ['d', 'n']) && triplebuffer == 'd' && modesetting == 'd' && ...
~isempty(intersect(depth30bpp, 'nd')) && ismember(atinotiling, ['d', 'n']) && vrrsupport == 'd' && ~IsARM
% Done writing the file:
fclose(fid);
else
% Requesting no tiling from the ati-ddx is the same as applying primehacks:
if atinotiling == 'y'
primehacks = 1;
end
% Multi X-Screen setup requested? Then we need the full show:
if multixscreen > 0
% General server layout: Which X-Screens to use, their relative
% spatial location wrt. each other:
fprintf(fid, 'Section "ServerLayout"\n');
fprintf(fid, ' Identifier "PTB-Hydra"\n');
fprintf(fid, ' Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0\n');
for i = 1:screenNumber
fprintf(fid, ' Screen %i "Screen%i" RightOf "Screen%i"\n', i, i, i-1);
end
fprintf(fid, 'EndSection\n\n');
% Monitor sections, one for each assigned video output. Monitor's within
% a given X-Screen are ordered relative to each other left to right in the
% order their corresponding ZaphodHeads outputs were defined by the user:
for i = 0:screenNumber
for j=1:length(xscreenoutputs{i + 1})
scanout = outputs{(xscreenoutputs{i + 1}(j))};
fprintf(fid, 'Section "Monitor"\n');
fprintf(fid, ' Identifier "%s"\n', scanout.name);
if j > 1
scanout = outputs{(xscreenoutputs{i + 1}(j-1))};
fprintf(fid, ' Option "RightOf" "%s"\n', scanout.name);
end
fprintf(fid, 'EndSection\n\n');
end
end
% Create device sections, one for each x-screen aka the driver instance
% associated with that x-screen:
for i = 0:screenNumber
WriteGPUDeviceSection(fid, xdriver, vrrsupport, dri3, triplebuffer, useuxa, primehacks, i, ZaphodHeads{i+1}, xscreenoutputs{i+1}, outputs);
end
% One screen section per x-screen, mapping screen i to card i:
for i = 0:screenNumber
fprintf(fid, 'Section "Screen"\n');
fprintf(fid, ' Identifier "Screen%i"\n', i);
fprintf(fid, ' Device "Card%i"\n', i);
% If there's exactly one ZaphodHead for this screen then
% explicitly assign the Monitor id here. This is also done
% in the Device section per ZaphodHead, and doing it here
% as well doesn't make sense to me, but that's what is
% mysteriously needed on XUbuntu 16.04, according to a user
% report. Lets hope this only helps but doesn't hurt.
if length(xscreenoutputs{i + 1}) == 1
scanout = outputs{(xscreenoutputs{i + 1}(1))};
fprintf(fid, ' Monitor "%s"\n', scanout.name);
end
if ismember('y', depth30bpp) || ismember(num2str(i), depth30bpp)
fprintf(fid, ' DefaultDepth 30\n');
end
% On NVidia ddx, tell the driver to also expose HMD's, e.g.,
% for use with our OpenHMD VR driver, instead of hiding them:
if strcmp(xdriver, 'nvidia')
fprintf(fid, ' Option "AllowHMD" "no"\n');
end
fprintf(fid, 'EndSection\n\n');
end
else
% Only a single X-Screen.
% We only need to create a single device section with override Option
% values for the gpu driving that single X-Screen.
WriteGPUDeviceSection(fid, xdriver, vrrsupport, dri3, triplebuffer, useuxa, primehacks, [], [], []);
if ismember('y', depth30bpp) || ismember('0', depth30bpp) || strcmp(xdriver, 'nvidia') || ...
(strcmp(xdriver, 'modesetting') && IsARM)
fprintf(fid, 'Section "Screen"\n');
fprintf(fid, ' Identifier "Screen%i"\n', 0);
fprintf(fid, ' Device "Card%i"\n', 0);
if ismember('y', depth30bpp) || ismember('0', depth30bpp)
fprintf(fid, ' DefaultDepth 30\n');
end
% On NVidia ddx, tell the driver to also expose HMD's, e.g.,
% for use with our OpenHMD VR driver, instead of hiding them:
if strcmp(xdriver, 'nvidia')
fprintf(fid, ' Option "AllowHMD" "no"\n');
end
fprintf(fid, 'EndSection\n\n');
end
end
% Done writing the file:
fclose(fid);
end
fprintf('\n\nWe are done. Now you can run XOrgConfSelector any time to select this configuration\n');
fprintf('file to setup your system, or to switch back to the default setup of your system. Bye!\n\n');
end
function WriteGPUDeviceSection(fid, xdriver, vrrsupport, dri3, triplebuffer, useuxa, primehacks, screenNumber, ZaphodHeads, xscreenoutputs, outputs)
fprintf(fid, 'Section "Device"\n');
if isempty(screenNumber)
fprintf(fid, ' Identifier "Card0"\n');
else
fprintf(fid, ' Identifier "Card%i"\n', screenNumber);
end
% Override our label with actual ddx module name:
if strcmp(xdriver, 'amdgpu-pro')
xdriver = 'amdgpu';
end
fprintf(fid, ' Driver "%s"\n', xdriver);
if triplebuffer ~= 'd'
if strcmp(xdriver, 'intel')
if triplebuffer == 'y'
triplebuffer = 'on';
else
triplebuffer = 'off';
end
fprintf(fid, ' Option "TripleBuffer" "%s"\n', triplebuffer);
end
if strcmp(xdriver, 'nouveau')
if triplebuffer == 'y'
triplebuffer = '2';
else
triplebuffer = '1';
end
fprintf(fid, ' Option "SwapLimit" "%s"\n', triplebuffer);
end
end
if vrrsupport ~= 'd'
if vrrsupport == 'y'
vrrsupport = 'on';
else
vrrsupport = 'off';
end
fprintf(fid, ' Option "VariableRefresh" "%s"\n', vrrsupport);
end
if dri3 ~= 'd'
if dri3 == 'y'
dri3 = '3';
else
dri3 = '2';
end
fprintf(fid, ' Option "DRI" "%s"\n', dri3);
end
if (useuxa ~= 'd') && strcmp(xdriver, 'intel')
if useuxa == 'y'
useuxa = 'uxa';
else
useuxa = 'sna';
end
fprintf(fid, ' Option "AccelMethod" "%s"\n', useuxa);
end
% RaspberryPi with VideoCore4 needs AccelMethod override to glamor, because
% RaspberryPi OS 11, as of late 2022, disables glamor, and thereby any
% hardware acceleration for OpenGL on VideoCore4 to conserve RAM, something
% that doesn't fly with our use case:
if strcmp(xdriver, 'modesetting') && IsARM
fprintf(fid, ' Option "AccelMethod" "glamor"\n');
end
if strcmp(xdriver, 'ati') && primehacks
% The ati ddx for old radeon-kms driven AMD cards allows to disable color tiling
% for the scanout buffer, and that allows us to get good Enduro hybrid graphics
% renderoffload on dual-AMD (APU iGPU + AMD dGPU) iff a special hacked kernel is
% used. This is a dirty trick as a stop-gap measure until we have something well
% working and clean upstream.
fprintf(fid, ' Option "ColorTiling" "off"\n');
fprintf(fid, ' Option "ColorTiling2D" "off"\n');
fprintf('Enabling special dirty hacks for hybrid graphics Enduro support on legacy AMD+AMD laptops, or for 12 bpc framebuffers.\n');
end
if ~isempty(screenNumber)
if ~isempty(ZaphodHeads)
if strcmp(xdriver, 'nvidia')
fprintf(fid, ' Option "UseDisplayDevice" "%s"\n', ZaphodHeads);
else
fprintf(fid, ' Option "ZaphodHeads" "%s"\n', ZaphodHeads);
end
for i=1:length(xscreenoutputs)
scanout = outputs{(xscreenoutputs(i))};
fprintf(fid, ' Option "Monitor-%s" "%s"\n', scanout.name, scanout.name);
end
end
fprintf(fid, ' Screen %i\n', screenNumber);
end
fprintf(fid, 'EndSection\n\n');
end
function xdriver = DetectDDX(winfo)
if ~isempty(strfind(winfo.DisplayCoreId, 'Intel'))
% Intel part -> intel ddx:
fprintf('Intel GPU detected. ');
xdriver = 'intel';
elseif ~isempty(strfind(winfo.DisplayCoreId, 'NVidia')) && ~isempty(strfind(winfo.GLVendor, 'nouveau'))
% NVidia part under nouveau -> nouveau ddx:
fprintf('Nvidia GPU with open-source driver detected. ');
xdriver = 'nouveau';
elseif ~isempty(strfind(winfo.DisplayCoreId, 'NVidia')) && ~isempty(strfind(winfo.GLVendor, 'NVIDIA'))
% NVidia part under binary blob -> nvidia ddx:
fprintf('Nvidia GPU with proprietary driver detected. ');
xdriver = 'nvidia';
elseif ~isempty(strfind(winfo.DisplayCoreId, 'AMD'))
% Some AMD/ATI Radeon/Fire series part:
if ~isempty(strfind(winfo.GLVersion, 'Mesa'))
% Controlled by the open-source drivers. GPU minor
% type defines the DCE generation and that in turn
% usually predicts the x driver well:
if winfo.GPUMinorType >= 100 || winfo.GPUMinorType == -1
% DCE-10 or later, ergo "Volcanic Islands" family or later. Or a brand-new
% DCN class gpu (Ryzen+ APU's, Navi+, ...) or later -> amdgpu ddx:
fprintf('Recent AMD GPU with open-source driver detected. ');
xdriver = 'amdgpu';
else
% DCE-8 or earlier => ati ddx:
fprintf('Classic AMD GPU with open-source driver detected. ');
xdriver = 'ati';
end
else
fprintf('AMD GPU with hybrid free+proprietary amdgpu-pro driver detected. ');
xdriver = 'amdgpu-pro';
end
else
% Warn if we use modesetting ddx because we can not identify gpu, otherwise
% we still use modesetting ddx for known gpu's if we end here, but we don't
% warn about it because we know this is the right ddx for those known gpus:
if ~strcmp(winfo.GPUCoreId, 'VC4')
warning('Could not identify your graphics driver. Will use modesetting driver as fallback.');
fprintf('GPU with unknown driver detected. ');
end
xdriver = 'modesetting';
end
end
function [multigpu, suitable, fullysupported] = DetectHybridGraphics(winfo, xdriver)
% Be pessimistic to start with:
suitable = 0;
fullysupported = 0;
multigpu = 0;
% Does this machine have multiple gpu's, e.g., hybrid graphics laptop?
if IsOctave && ~exist('/dev/dri/card1','file')
% Nope:
return;
end
% Multi-gpu check for Matlab, because Matlab exist() can not check device files:
if ~IsOctave
[rc, ~] = system('stat /dev/dri/card1');
if rc == 1
% Nope:
return;
end
end
% Yes, likely a hybrid graphics laptop:
multigpu = 1;
% Display gpu not Intel?
if ~strcmp(xdriver, 'intel')
% Then the display gpu must be Nvidia or AMD. Existing hybrid graphics
% laptops will have either NVidia + NVidia (rarely) or AMD + AMD (more often).
% Confirm that primary and secondary gpu are from the same vendor to match that
% pattern, otherwise we might be dealing with a mux'ed laptop currently switched
% to the discrete NVidia or AMD gpu:
if ~exist('/sys/class/drm/card0/device/vendor','file') || ~exist('/sys/class/drm/card1/device/vendor','file')
return;
end
[status, out] = system ('diff /sys/class/drm/card0/device/vendor /sys/class/drm/card1/device/vendor');
if status ~= 0 || ~isempty(out)
% Mismatched gpu vendors. Play it safe and assume this is not muxless Optimus or Enduro:
return;
end
end
fprintf('This seems to be a hybrid graphics laptop. Let''s check if i can use this.\n');
c = Screen('Computer');
osrelease = sscanf(c.kern.osrelease, '%i.%i');
% Mesa and X-Server safe to use for DRI3/Present Prime render offloading?
primeuseable = ~isempty(strfind(winfo.GLVersion, 'Mesa')) && (bitand(winfo.SpecialFlags, 2^24) > 0);
% Primary display gpu is Intel?
if strcmp(xdriver, 'intel')
% These work well with both NVidia (Optimus) and AMD (Enduro) discrete
% gpu's as of X-Server 1.18, Mesa with well working DRI3/Present support,
% and Linux kernel 4.5 and later.
if ~(osrelease(1) > 4 || (osrelease(1) == 4 && osrelease(2) >=5))
% Kernel too old to provide proper PRIME sync:
fprintf('Your Linux kernel %s is too old to support proper hybrid graphics with Intel graphics chips.\n', c.kern.osrelease);
fprintf('However, upgrading an Ubuntu Linux flavor or derivative to a suitable kernel is trivial.\n');
fprintf('Some small subset of hybrid graphics laptops would allow you to utilize the powerful gpu\n');
fprintf('in a dual X-Screen configuration for the external video outputs nonetheless, although this\n');
fprintf('assistant can not help you with setting them up.\n');
fprintf('Check ''help HybridGraphics'' and the Psychtoolbox website for instructions, follow them, then retry.\n\n');
return;
end
if ~primeuseable
fprintf('Your version of X-Server or Mesa is too old to support proper hybrid graphics on most laptops\n');
fprintf('with Intel graphics chips. Upgrading to a minimum of X-Server 1.16.3 or later, Mesa 10.5.2 is\n');
fprintf('required, the more recent versions the better! Hybrid graphics was successfully tested with\n');
fprintf('Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS, with XServer 1.18.3, Mesa 11.2.0 and on later on Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS, with\n');
fprintf('Intel integrated graphics chip + both NVidia and AMD discrete graphics cards, so we strongly\n');
fprintf('recommend to use one of these tested versions/configurations or later ones.\n');
fprintf('Some small subset of hybrid graphics laptops would allow you to utilize the powerful gpu\n');
fprintf('in a dual X-Screen configuration for the external video outputs nonetheless, although this\n');
fprintf('assistant can not help you with setting them up.\n');
fprintf('Check ''help HybridGraphics'' and the Psychtoolbox website for instructions, follow them, then retry.\n\n');
return;
end
% DRI3/Present PRIME render offloading is possible on this setup.
fprintf('This hardware + software setup should allow use of the discrete gpu for faster rendering.\n');
fprintf('Enabling DRI3/Present support is needed for that, i will do that for you.\n');
fprintf('You will also need to setup your system to use the powerful gpu with Matlab or Octave.\n');
fprintf('Check ''help HybridGraphics'' and the Psychtoolbox website for instructions, how to do that.\n');
fprintf('While with most modern hybrid graphics laptops it should then just work, some more exotic\n');
fprintf('models may still not be able to output anything with good timing to external video outputs.\n');
fprintf('I can not detect myself if your laptop is such an exotic machine or not, so you will have to try.\n');
fprintf('Such models can then be set up in a dual-X-Screen configuration to make them work with\n');
fprintf('research grade timing, but this assistant can not set them up automatically, so you would\n');
fprintf('have to do it manually. See ''help HybridGraphics'' and the Psychtoolbox website for instructions.\n\n');
suitable = 1;
fullysupported = 1;
return;
end
% Non Intel display gpu, ie., either NVidia + NVidia or AMD + AMD?
if isempty(strfind(winfo.DisplayCoreId, 'NVidia')) && isempty(strfind(winfo.DisplayCoreId, 'AMD'))
% Nope, something else like VC4 - No hybrid graphics.
return;
end
% Dual NVidia or dual AMD. At this point in time it would require a specially
% hacked custom kernel from Mario Kleiner + a few more configuration hacks.
if ~primeuseable
fprintf('Your version of X-Server or Mesa is too old to support proper hybrid graphics on most laptops\n');
fprintf('with NVidia/AMD graphics chips. Upgrading to a minimum of X-Server 1.16.3 or later, Mesa 10.5.2 is\n');
fprintf('required, the more recent versions the better!\n');
fprintf('Some small subset of hybrid graphics laptops would allow you to utilize the powerful gpu\n');
fprintf('in a dual X-Screen configuration for the external video outputs nonetheless, although this\n');
fprintf('assistant can not help you with setting them up.\n');
fprintf('Check ''help HybridGraphics'' and the Psychtoolbox website for instructions, follow them, then retry.\n\n');
return;
end
% No hope for amdgpu kms/ddx driven cards atm.:
if strcmp(xdriver, 'amdgpu')
fprintf('Your dual AMD graphics card laptop does not support Enduro with proper visual timing at\n');
fprintf('this point in time for most Enduro laptop models, sorry.\n');
fprintf('Some small subset of Enduro laptops would allow you to utilize the powerful gpu\n');
fprintf('in a dual X-Screen configuration for the external video outputs nonetheless, although this\n');
fprintf('assistant can not help you with setting them up.\n');
fprintf('Check ''help HybridGraphics'' and the Psychtoolbox website for background info.\n\n');
return;
end
if strcmp(xdriver, 'ati')
fprintf('Your dual-gpu AMD Enduro laptop currently requires a specially hacked Linux kernel\n');
fprintf('and some additional dirty configuration hacks to make Enduro work.\n');
else
fprintf('Your dual-gpu NVidia Optimus laptop currently requires a specially hacked Linux kernel\n');
fprintf('to make Optimus work.\n');
end
fprintf('I will perform some of the required configuration steps if you want, but some manual work is left for you.\n');
fprintf('Check ''help HybridGraphics'' and the Psychtoolbox website for background info.\n\n');
fprintf('Some small subset of hybrid graphics laptops would allow you to utilize the powerful gpu\n');
fprintf('in a dual X-Screen configuration for the external video outputs without special kernels or hacks,\n');
fprintf('although this assistant can not help you with setting them up.\n');
fprintf('Check ''help HybridGraphics'' and the Psychtoolbox website for background info.\n\n');
suitable = 1;
return;
end
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