quirk for Samsung 2443BW

Maarten Lankhorst m.b.lankhorst at gmail.com
Mon Jul 16 04:07:23 PDT 2012


Op 16-07-12 13:00, Baurzhan Ismagulov schreef:
> On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 12:13:14PM +0200, Maarten Lankhorst wrote:
>>>>> Samsung 2443BW is 1920x1200 but reports 1920x1080 in the EDID. Attached
>>>>> is a proof-of-concept implementation of a quirk. It works on my i686 PC.
>>>>>
>>>>> The patch is against the latest linux-2.6. An attempt to clone
>>>>> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/airlied/drm-2.6.git (as
>>>>> listed in MAINTAINERS) resulted in "fatal: The remote end hung up
>>>>> unexpectedly".
>>>>>
>>>> I actually own a 2443BW and don't have the problem you're referring to?
>>> Samsung might have fixed the data. If you care to send me your EDID
>>> data, I can compare it with mine. Still, there are many users who have
>>> broken monitors; it would be nice to provide a fix for them.
>> Attached.
> You have product code 0x0587 and vactive of 1200 in the first detailed
> mode. I have 0x06b0 and 1080, respectively. So, a fix is needed for the
> latter model.
>
> How did you obtain the file?
>
I was running the nvidia drivers, nvidia-settings allows you to save it.
But open source drivers allow you to copy it from  /sys/class/drm/card*/*/edid

~Maarten


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