Bug#681781: dummy: Please include sample xorg.conf
Excerpts from Samuel Thibault's message of Mon Jan 07 15:21:44 +0100 2013:
> Michal Suchanek, le Mon 07 Jan 2013 15:13:27 +0100, a écrit :
> > Excerpts from Samuel Thibault's message of Mon Jan 07 15:01:28 +0100 2013:
> > > 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.
> >
> > For that the sample config has to live somewhere. It won't live in Xvfb
> > package because while it's deprecated upstream it's not a reason for
> > Debian to remove it. Or is it?
>
> It can be a reason for removing it. Or better, replacing it with the
> proposed script. That said, the xorg.conf would better be maintained
> under the xorg umbrella, officially replacing Xvfb.
For that the dummy driver would have to support all the features of
Xvfb. Some Xvfb options could be emulated with generating xorg.conf on
the fly perhaps but the shared memory option is not implemented in dummy
AFAIK and may be used by some automated tests.
Thanks
Michal
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