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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 ,
and information about the video modes to use with the monitor.
.PP
With RandR 1.2-enabled drivers, monitor sections are tied to specific outputs
of the video card.
Each output has a name, and the server will look for a Monitor named
.B \*qMonitor-outputname\*q
for configuration of that output (for example,
.B \*qMonitor-VGA\*q
With RandR 1.2-enabled drivers, monitor sections may be tied to specific
outputs of the video card. Using the name of the output defined by the video
driver plus the identifier of a monitor section, one associates a monitor
section with an output by adding an option to the Device section in the
following format:
.B Option \*qMonitor-outputname\*q \*qmonitorsection\*q
(for example,
.B Option \*qMonitor-VGA\*q \*qVGA monitor\*q
for a VGA output)
.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
information provided by the monitor to automatically configure the list of
modes available.