In June 2015 there was another attempt to get this patch merged[0], it seems that people are now recommending/leaning towards replacing xf86 -video-dummy[1] by Xvfb[2][3].
The patch looks trivial enough to get merged, but maybe it never will due to Xvfb deprecation (=WONTFIX)? [0]: http://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/51428/ [1]: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-dummy/ [2]: http://xpra.org/trac/wiki/Xdummy [3]: http://www.x.org/wiki/Releases/7.8/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/516123 Title: xvfb does not support randr Status in X.Org X server: Confirmed Status in xorg-server package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Upstream bug created with patch; its essentially a one-liner. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xorg-server/+bug/516123/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
