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Subject: svn commit: r48238 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11
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Author: wblock
Date: Mon Feb 22 16:22:43 2016
New Revision: 48238
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/48238

Log:
  Explicitly state that video card output naming is not consistent.
  Pointed out by sid -- <sidelight12@mail.com> on freebsd-doc.

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml	Mon Feb 22 12:35:58 2016	(r48237)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml	Mon Feb 22 16:22:43 2016	(r48238)
@@ -623,8 +623,12 @@ HDMI-0 disconnected (normal left inverte
 	    <para>A common task is using the external video output on
 	      a notebook computer for a video projector.</para>
 
-	    <para>Names and types of video connectors vary, so
-	      &man.xrandr.1; is run without options to list the
+	    <para>The type and quantity of output connectors varies
+	      between devices, and the name given to each output
+	      varies from driver to driver.  What one driver calls
+	      <literal>HDMI-1</literal>, another might call
+	      <literal>HDMI1</literal>.  So the first step is to run
+	      &man.xrandr.1; to list all the available
 	      outputs:</para>
 
 	    <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>xrandr</userinput>