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echo: rberrypi
to: ALEXANDRE@DUMAS.FR.INVALI
from: T I M
date: 2017-02-13 15:37:00
subject: Re: small portable displa

On Sat, 11 Feb 2017 14:06:14 +0100, "A. Dumas"
 wrote:

>On 11/02/2017 13:34, T i m wrote:
>> So, I guess it would make sense to always set the output to HDMI if
>> you never use the composite video output?
>
>Yeah maybe, but I never needed to!

1) If you boot a Pi / Raspbian headless and then plug in a real HDMI
TV / Monitor, does it always output video to the HDMI port?

2) When I have tried to retrospectively plug in an HDMI > VGA adaptor
I don't think it's detected it and had to reboot to ensure that it
did.

Hence why I was wondering if it might be a 'good idea' to make it a
default (and am not sure why it isn't in the first place. I mean, now
many people use composite video (fir it to be the default)? I know it
might be the lowest common denominator etc but ...

Cheers, T i m

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