RandR support for Xvfb

[Alan Coopersmith]

Peter Åstrand wrote:
>>
>> I found this post about implementing RandR for Xvnc:
>> http://www.nabble.com/Implementing-RandR-td19513964.html
>>
>> Does anyone know what the status is on this?
>> Is there a patch?
>> How much work is left/would it be to get RandR working on Xvfb?
> 
> RandR support has been added to the Xvnc implementation in the TigerVNC
> project (also included in Fedora 11).
> 
> Since Xvfb has so many bugs, I believe Xvnc is a better choice in most
> cases.

The Xorg server with the xf86-video-dummy and xf86-input-void drivers
also approximates Xvfb, though without the ability to connect and see
the output as needed that Xvnc will provide (unless you also install
the vnc.so Xorg module).

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