From de43fb1f0e0487531f904d7038e0958c4792596c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victoria Brekenfeld <victoria@system76.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2025 16:51:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] config: Ignore configs disabling every output

---
 src/config/mod.rs | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/config/mod.rs b/src/config/mod.rs
index 4d66547c..6680cb11 100644
--- a/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -479,7 +479,30 @@ impl Config {
             .map(Into::<crate::config::OutputInfo>::into)
             .collect::<Vec<_>>();
         infos.sort();
-        if let Some(configs) = self.dynamic_conf.outputs().config.get(&infos).cloned() {
+
+        if let Some(configs) = self
+            .dynamic_conf
+            .outputs()
+            .config
+            .get(&infos)
+            .filter(|configs| {
+                if configs
+                    .iter()
+                    .all(|config| config.enabled == OutputState::Disabled)
+                {
+                    if !configs.is_empty() {
+                        error!(
+                            "Broken config, all outputs disabled. Resetting... {:?}",
+                            configs
+                        );
+                    }
+                    false
+                } else {
+                    true
+                }
+            })
+            .cloned()
+        {
             let known_good_configs = outputs
                 .iter()
                 .map(|output| {
@@ -565,6 +588,15 @@ impl Config {
             output_state.update();
             self.write_outputs(output_state.outputs());
         } else {
+            if outputs
+                .iter()
+                .all(|o| o.config().enabled == OutputState::Disabled)
+            {
+                for output in &outputs {
+                    output.config_mut().enabled = OutputState::Enabled;
+                }
+            }
+
             // we don't have a config, so lets generate somewhat sane positions
             let mut w = 0;
             if !outputs.iter().any(|o| o.config().xwayland_primary) {