From: Dave Airlie <[email protected]> This just makes a note that randr won't make outputs disappear dynamically.
Signed-off-by: Dave Airlie <[email protected]> --- randrproto.txt | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/randrproto.txt b/randrproto.txt index 74b7c36..b2c828d 100644 --- a/randrproto.txt +++ b/randrproto.txt @@ -186,6 +186,14 @@ consider as single viewable areas. Xinerama's information now comes from the Monitors instead of directly from the CRTCs. The Monitor marked as Primary will be listed first. +1.5.2. Clarification of Output lifetimes + +With dynamic connectors being a possibility with the introduction of +MST, a lot of randr clients can't handle the XID BadMatch when a +randr output disappears. This is to clarify that going forward the +X server will not remove outputs dynamically, just mark them as +disconnected. + 1.99 Acknowledgments Our thanks to the contributors to the design found on the xpert mailing -- 2.3.4 _______________________________________________ [email protected]: X.Org development Archives: http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel
