[BUG] i915 HDMI connector status is connected after disconnection

[Jani Nikula]

On Thu, 05 Jul 2018, Chris Chiu <chiu at endlessm.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 5:37 PM, Jani Nikula <jani.nikula at intel.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, 05 Jul 2018, Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk> wrote:
>>> Quoting Jani Nikula (2018-07-05 09:58:57)
>>>> On Thu, 05 Jul 2018, Chris Chiu <chiu at endlessm.com> wrote:
>>>> > Hi,
>>>> >     We have few ASUS laptops X705FD (The new WiskyLake), X560UD (intel
>>>> > i5-8250U), X530UN (intel i7-8550U) share the same problem, which is
>>>> > the HDMI connector status stays connected even the HDMI cable has been
>>>> > unplugged. Look into the "/sys/class/drm/card0-HDMI-A-1/status" for
>>>> > checking the status while plug/unplug the HDMI, it shows
>>>> > "disconnected" before plug in HDMI cable, then switch to "connected"
>>>> > after plugin, and still stay "connected" after unplug. This would
>>>> > cause the audio output path cannot correctly switch from HDMI to
>>>> > internal speaker after unplugging the HDMI.
>>>> >
>>>> > I then try to verify with the latest kernel 4.18.0-rc3+, the bug still
>>>> > present. The full "dmesg" log is here.
>>>> > https://gist.github.com/mschiu77/d761d7c5cf191b7868d4d7788ae087f1
>>>> >
>>>> > The HDMI cable is plugged in at ~26th second.
>>>> > "[ 26.214371] [drm:drm_detect_monitor_audio [drm]] Monitor has basic
>>>> > audio support"
>>>> > then unplug the HDMI at ~73th second.
>>>> > "[ 73.328361] [drm:drm_detect_monitor_audio [drm]] Monitor has basic
>>>> > audio support"
>>>> >
>>>> > Please advise what I can do to fix this. Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Seems rather odd. Please file a bug report at [1]. Attach the dmesg on
>>>> the bug. Please attach 'xrandr --verbose' output before and after
>>>> unplugging on the bug.
>>>
>>> Note that 'xrandr --verbose' will trigger a reprobe of the devices,
>>> papering over any missed probe following hotplug.  I would suggest
>>> preceding with 'xrandr --current --verbose'.
>>>
>>> If all you are doing is checking status, you need to 'echo detect >
>>> status' to trigger a reprobe after hotplug.
>
> It's interesting that reprobe triggered by 'xrandr --verbose' after unplug will
> get the status back to "disconnected". But if I just do 'xrandr
> --current --verbose'
> before and after unplugging the cable, the output shows the same status
> 'connected'.
>
> Here's the output of 'xrandr --verbose' before unplugging HDMI
> https://gist.github.com/mschiu77/ea2e843078297f344596243418dcdaf7
>
> And the output of 'xrandr --current --verbose' after unplugging the cable
> https://gist.github.com/mschiu77/55756c0801046d49cd9bc3f87712b079
>
> Then do 'xrandr --current --verbose' to trigger reprobe, the ouput
> https://gist.github.com/mschiu77/72e6ab5438cbe64443300fc4fd71770c
>
> It means that the HDMI unplug not detected by the driver?

Please do file the bug, and attach the information there. People go on
vacations, the pastebins will go away, and the memory of all of this
will fade.

BR,
Jani.

>
> Chris
>
>>
>> I was curious about the logs seemingly indicating that we can read the
>> EDID even after the user says they've unplugged the cable. The updating
>> of sysfs status attribute is another matter.
>>
>> BR,
>> Jani.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Graphics Center

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Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Graphics Center