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Fix documentation of association of outputs to monitor sections in xorg.conf(5)

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Eric Anholt 2007-05-29 10:08:58 -07:00
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@ -1131,14 +1131,22 @@ monitor, monitor-specific
.BR Options , .BR Options ,
and information about the video modes to use with the monitor. and information about the video modes to use with the monitor.
.PP .PP
With RandR 1.2-enabled drivers, monitor sections are tied to specific outputs With RandR 1.2-enabled drivers, monitor sections may be tied to specific
of the video card. outputs of the video card. Using the name of the output defined by the video
Each output has a name, and the server will look for a Monitor named driver plus the identifier of a monitor section, one associates a monitor
.B \*qMonitor-outputname\*q section with an output by adding an option to the Device section in the
for configuration of that output (for example, following format:
.B \*qMonitor-VGA\*q
.B Option \*qMonitor-outputname\*q \*qmonitorsection\*q
(for example,
.B Option \*qMonitor-VGA\*q \*qVGA monitor\*q
for a VGA output) for a VGA output)
.PP .PP
In the absence of specific association of monitor sections to outputs, if a
monitor section is present the server will associate it with an output to
preserve compatibility for previous single-head configurations.
.PP
Specifying video modes is optional because the server will use the DDC or other Specifying video modes is optional because the server will use the DDC or other
information provided by the monitor to automatically configure the list of information provided by the monitor to automatically configure the list of
modes available. modes available.