On Wed, 2010-04-14 at 20:11 +0200, drago01 wrote: > On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 8:05 PM, Adam Williamson <awilliam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, 2010-04-14 at 19:59 +0200, drago01 wrote: > > > >> > I disagree. The driver cannot tell whether a connected display is > >> > powered on or off > >> > >> Depends on the display, most displays are only detectable when they > >> are actually powered on. > > > > That's not the case at all in my experience. Clearly in this case it's > > not true, otherwise it wouldn't know the TV was there at all. > > Well the number of broken connector tables is infinite ... my laptop > does detect that a TV is connected even though there is no TV > connector at all (one has to use a docking station to be able to > connect one). True TV outputs are known to be problematic, yes, but the TV in this case was connected by DVI, which is far less likely to be broken. In my experience, drivers usually detect monitors that are connected by D-SUB/DVI but powered off. > Both ;) ... but anyway cloning would be the right solution here, > anaconda is limited to 800x600 anyway so there is no need for a > multiscreen view. I agree, but as I said, I already proposed this back in the F12 cycle and the anaconda developers considered it too messy to implement. By all means try again, if you like. -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Fedora Talk: adamwill AT fedoraproject DOT org http://www.happyassassin.net -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
