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 Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/516123 Title: xvfb does not support randr To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xorg-server/+bug/516123/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs