def beacon(config):
    '''
    Emit the status of a connected display to the minion

    Mainly this is used to detect when the display fails to connect
    for whatever reason.

    .. code-block:: yaml

        beacons:
          glxinfo:
            - user: frank
            - screen_event: True

    '''

    log.trace('glxinfo beacon starting')
    ret = []

    _config = {}
    list(map(_config.update, config))

    retcode = __salt__['cmd.retcode']('DISPLAY=:0 glxinfo',
                                      runas=_config['user'], python_shell=True)

    if 'screen_event' in _config and _config['screen_event']:
        last_value = last_state.get('screen_available', False)
        screen_available = retcode == 0
        if last_value != screen_available or 'screen_available' not in last_state:
            ret.append({'tag': 'screen_event', 'screen_available': screen_available})

        last_state['screen_available'] = screen_available

    return ret