Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 16:22:44 +0000 (UTC) From: Warren Block <wblock@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r48238 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11 Message-ID: <201602221622.u1MGMiYj019658@repo.freebsd.org>
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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>
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