Wow that is clever! Oh jee the rain is getting worse here in good old blighty (England). So, if that is the case then surely ther e must be some sort of dongle available then? I wonder if the new HDMI version is so demanding... On 29 Jun 2010, at 00:02, Ricardo Walker wrote:
> It's true, > > I have my mini hooked up to my TV. When my TV is turned off the Mac still > tells me the brand and resolution of my TV. > On Jun 28, 2010, at 6:35 PM, Chris Moore wrote: > >> I am a bit confused here, another group member on here (Chris G?) said >> earlier he has a mac mini and has a monitor plugged into it, but never turns >> the monitor on. So how can the mac detect what resolution the monitor is if >> it is switched off? >> >> agree though for not much more you can have a Macbook with the lovely >> gesture trackpad. I managed to get the Macbook aluminium 13 inch before >> they put the price up and turned it into a Macbook Pro. >> On 28 Jun 2010, at 22:44, Bryan Smart wrote: >> >>> This doesn't exactly involve the video driver. The driver for your video >>> card is fine. It just can't find an attached monitor, so can't report to OS >>> X what display resolutions are available on it. >>> >>> I don't think that a dummy driver is likely. On the Mac, you don't select >>> video drivers. If your card is supported, the OS uses it, if not, well it >>> doesn't. The driver for the card detects the monitor. I don't even know how >>> Apple would go about allowing you to select some custom driver. They go out >>> of their way to prevent people from having to select and/or manage drivers. >>> So, making any change like that wouldn't be a simple fix. They'd have to >>> add some new screens and options to the Display preferences, probably, and >>> that can't be undertaken without a lot of departments becoming involved. >>> Since the problem only affects a very few users, and those users have a >>> very inexpensive solution (plug in a monitor), I don't think that they'll >>> spend money and time on changing it. >>> >>> Really, you people that want a portable, need a MacBook. They're around >>> $1,000, which is what you'd pay after upgrading a Mini, anyway. >>> >>> Bryan >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Frank Carmickle >>> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 9:45 AM >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: Using a Mac Mini without a monitor >>> >>> Hello Bryan >>> >>> On Jun 28, 2010, at 5:45 AM, Bryan Smart wrote: >>> >>>> Because apps like Safari decide how much information that they can show at >>>> once based on the current display resolution. The Mac determines the >>>> available screen resolutions by determining the type of monitor that is >>>> connected. When no monitor is connected, no screen resolution is defined, >>>> and so any program that depends on screen resolution will go wacko, as it >>>> thinks you have a screen with size 0. Can't fit a lot of information on a >>>> screen with size 0. Most programmers never test for that situation, >>>> because they can't test without some sort of monitor connected. Apple >>>> could fix Safari, but that's just one program among many that will go >>>> bonkers with a size 0 screen. >>>> >>> You are absolutely correct. I thought that Apple could just implement a >>> dummy video driver that one could set their own parameters. 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