GPIO madness.

[jwz@mastodon.social]

@neopostmodern I have used those for other purposes but of course they're full-sized HDMI so now I have to have one at the end of a dangling cable too, which is a pain in the ass.

[jwz@mastodon.social]

The fact that things continue working *after I have unplugged the monitor* makes me think that this some kernel initialization or dependency nonsense and perhaps there's some modprobe that could fix it, but I didn't see a smoking gun in lsmod.

[akiran_n@onlyfranz.com]

@jwz An HDMI dummy plug? https://www.xda-developers.com/hdmi-dummy-plug-smallest-cheapest-useful-pc-gadget/

[bunny@mk.absturztau.be]

@jwz@mastodon.social There is fake monitor dongle that you can buy for a few dollars from China.

Example (untested): https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007634237816.html

[jwz@mastodon.social]

HEY EVERYBODY I HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT FAKE HDID DONGLES EXIST. SIX TIMES.

[bunny@mk.absturztau.be]

@jwz@mastodon.social And I can't see any of the other posts about fake HDMI dongles. The wonders of federated network in action ​​

[jwz@mastodon.social]

@bunny Wasn't "Fetch All Replies" supposed to have fixed that last year? https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/10/mastodon-4-5-for-devs/

[bunny@mk.absturztau.be]

@jwz@mastodon.social For people that use Mastodon I suppose ​​

[oblomov@sociale.network]

@akiran_n @jwz wow, what is this witchcraft.

[jwz@mastodon.social]

UPDATE: I have now been informed *NINE TIMES* that HDID dongles exist by people who don't read the replies before commenting with the first thing that popped into their head, don't have an answer to my actual question, but think they know how to Google.

I am blocking every single one of you.

Don't be that guy.