[Intel-gfx] Support for HDMI on ASUS P5E-VM HDMI (G35 chipset)

[Jin, Gordon]

Mike Wright wrote on Monday, May 19, 2008 1:36 PM:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm having problems getting HDMI to work on my ASUS P5E-VM HDMI.  I'll
> post xorg.conf and logs soon.  I'm using Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) and the
> latest Intel XORG driver and DRM kernel part from GIT.  I have also
> tried other versions of the driver like 2.3.0.

You might search on the bugzilla first. 

Many people on this list use the ASUS P5E-VM HDMI. They have problem
with HDMI more or less (Is there anyone getting HDMI working
perfectly?). Someone (http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13968)
get black screen like you, someone get display but with some rendering
issue like me.

My team bought this board specifically for resolving these bugs. But I'm
sorry we are making slow progress in the recent months. The main issue
is that P5E-VM is using SDVO HDMI not native HDMI, while the SDVO HDMI
is not Intel product and we don't have enough documentation on this.
Hong is working on this and will get this list informed once he get the
info.

> I have a Pioneer Plasma PDP427XDA connected via a short 1.5m HDMI
> cable directly to the PC.  VGA works fine with the latest GIT driver.
> 
> Basically I can only get a black screen or a complete system lookup
> (no SSH or ping).  I'd like to help out by looking at code and specs
> and start debugging.

You can check bug#13968 to see if you're getting the same problem for
black screen.

System lockup is not expected. This is the first I heard about this on
HDMI. You might file a new bug.

> What I'd like to know is:
> 
> 1)  Has anyone actually got this combination working?
> 2)  Does the Mobo BIOS version have any impact on this?

I haven't heard upgrading BIOS resolves the issues.

Gordon