[Patch] Allow to configure RANDR 1.2 outputs with no device attached

Matthias Hopf mhopf at suse.de
Mon Mar 12 11:15:50 PDT 2007


On Mar 12, 07 18:34:20 +0100, Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
> A TV-out (or its modern equivalent DVI/HDMI connected
> Plasma/LCD/videoprojector) will be off most of the time. That does not
> mean it should not be preconfigured.

ATM configuring an output means activating it. So this is probably not
what you want (as it draws power).

*Only* configuring an output is IMHO something for the user
applications, which have to remember the mode they should use if asked
to activate the output.

Matthias

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