Keep display output when monitor "Disconnected" (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 2 weeks ago by TheMonkeyLord@sopuli.xyz to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I am using a laptop, with a cheaper monitor that only has one hdmi input. I have two devices that I want to use on this monitor, My laptop and my xbox series, so I got an hdmi switcher.

The xbox handles switching to and from it's input without a hitch, but my laptop can takes up to a minute to recognize the switch and display to the monitor, sometimes not recognizing it at all.

I was thinking that having the laptop continue to output the display whether or not it recognizes the monitor as disconnected would help make switching between them more seamless. Is there a way to achieve this?

I am using KDE and I have the "Do Nothing" option selected under close lid in power options.

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[-] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Just use the linux equivalent of https://github.com/VirtualDrivers/Virtual-Display-Driver
When the wayland people stop pretending you don't need it
in 3 to 5 years, sometime around when they realize that network transparency is really important actually

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