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Bug#755809: xorg.conf.5 man page mentions an incorrect "Enable" option for Monitors



On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 17:58:26 +0200, Tanguy Ortolo wrote:

> Julien Cristau, 2014-07-28 16:47+0200:
> >On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 16:35:06 +0200, Tanguy Ortolo wrote:
> >>Is that useful at all, considering that a monitor is on by default at
> >>startup?
> >>
> >>If needed, I can write a patch that documents both options, of course, but I
> >>am not convinced that an option that does that same than the default
> >>behaviour is useful.
> >
> >That's not the same as the default behaviour.
> 
> Then what is the default behaviour? According to the manpage:
> >Option "Enable" "bool"
> >   This  optional  entry  specifies  whether the monitor should be
> >   turned on at startup.  By default, the server will  attempt  to
> >   enable  all  connected monitors.  (RandR 1.2-supporting drivers
> >   only)
> 
> If this is not the case, then this last sentence should be corrected as
> well, which I can do in the same patch, only I am not sure of what the
> default behaviour is then.
> 
Note how the manpage says "enable all connected monitors", not "enable
all monitors".

Cheers,
Julien

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