[Intel-gfx] Operation When LCD Projector Off

[Christopher James Halse Rogers]

On Tue, 2010-06-15 at 08:04 -0700, Kathleen Rose wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> Any word on this? Is there a way to tell the intel driver to continue on,
> even though it doesn't detect a monitor? Like NVidia's ConnectedMonitor
> xorg.conf option?
> 

This will be resolved in the Xserver 1.9 release, which has a patch to
bring up a dummy framebuffer if there are no connected displays and the
driver can grow the framebuffer at runtime (the Intel driver can).

That doesn't help you very much, I'm afraid, but what you want will Just
Work™ (in Maverick, which will become Ubuntu 10.10) soon!

> thanks
> 
> Kathleen Rose
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Does the intel driver support having an LCD projector as the only monitor? I
> am trying to run Ubuntu 10.04 with an LCD projector attached to the HDMI
> port. If the projector is in Standby mode, the X-window system will not
> start. If the projector is on, the X-window system starts.
> 
> thanks
> 
> Kathleen Rose
> 
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