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Bug#681781: dummy: Please include sample xorg.conf



Michal Suchanek, le Mon 07 Jan 2013 14:38:13 +0100, a écrit :
> Excerpts from Samuel Thibault's message of Mon Jan 07 14:24:24 +0100 2013:
> > Michal Suchanek, le Mon 07 Jan 2013 14:01:35 +0100, a écrit :
> > > Excerpts from Samuel Thibault's message of Mon Jan 07 13:40:50 +0100 2013:
> > > > Michal Suchanek, le Mon 07 Jan 2013 13:33:11 +0100, a écrit :
> > > > > How are these devices not configured?
> > > > 
> > > > Err, aren't you taking this thread for another one?  See the subject,
> > > > this is about providing a sample xorg.conf.  I'm here saying there
> > > > is no need for input sections, since they are already automatically
> > > > configured.
> > > 
> > > And I am saying that there *is* need for input sections to prevent them
> > > from being automatically configured.
> > 
> > Ooops, sorry, I hadn't understood that input devices were not desired in
> > this bug report.
> > 
> > I'm however wondering how this use case differs from simply using Xvfb.
> 
> Xvfb is deprecated, bitrotten, does not support xrandr and other
> extensions, ..

Could it perhaps be replaced by a mere shell script which invokes Xorg,
giving it the sample xorg.conf you provided?  That'd be a way easier
upgrade path for users than knowing about the dummy driver etc.

Samuel


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