[PATCH 0/1] drm-set-default-noedid-res.patch

[Dave Airlie]

On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Carsten Emde <C.Emde at osadl.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Some monitors and, more often, kvm switches do not provide working EDID
> data. KMS based X configurations in recent server versions no longer
> allow to override the screen resolution which makes it impossible to
> correctly adapt the screen resolution to the monitor in use.
>
> This patch allows to define the fallback screen resolution to something
> else than the default 1024x768.

Does video=800x600 not work for you?

Dave.