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by heavyset_go 263 days ago
On Linux with an AMD i/dGPU, you can set the `virtual_display` module parameter for `amdgpu`[1] and do what you want without the need for an HDMI dummy or weird software. It's also hardware accelerated.

> virtual_display (charp)

> Set to enable virtual display feature. This feature provides a virtual display hardware on headless boards or in virtualized environments. It will be set like xxxx:xx:xx.x,x;xxxx:xx:xx.x,x. It’s the pci address of the device, plus the number of crtcs to expose. E.g., 0000:26:00.0,4 would enable 4 virtual crtcs on the pci device at 26:00.0. The default is NULL.

[1]https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/gpu/amdgpu/module-par...
1 comments
_cenw 263 days ago
Unfortunately this seems to disable physical outputs.

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=203339

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heavyset_go 263 days ago
I figure if you're using an HDMI dummy you're running headless anyway

edit: didn't realize you're the OP lol

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