Proposal for RandR version 1.6, Leases and EDID-based output grabs

[Michel Dänzer]

On 02/04/17 07:58 AM, Keith Packard wrote:
> 
>  2. Provide a way to hide some monitors from other clients using EDID
>     manufacturer ids and product codes. Outputs with EDID properties
>     matching the grab will report 'disconnected' to all clients other
>     than the grabbing client. This way, the desktop environment never
>     knows that an HMD has been plugged in, so there's no transient
>     flicker of desktop being presented to it.

When no such special client (Steam?) is running, the desktop environment
will try to use the HMD anyway, right? So the expected use case would be
for the user to start a special client first and only plug in the HMD
afterwards? That seems a bit inconvenient.


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Earthling Michel Dänzer               |               http://www.amd.com
Libre software enthusiast             |             Mesa and X developer

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