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

[Hong Liu]

On Tue, 2008-05-20 at 17:56 +0800, Mike Wright wrote:
> Hi Hong,
> 
> I have attached a couple of logs and my xorg.conf.
> 
> Xorg.1280x768.log for 1280x768
> Xorg.1024x768.log for 1024x768
> Xorg.720x576.log for 720x576
> Xorg.720x576_NoDDC.log for 720x576  with option "NoDDC" "true" in xorg.conf
> 
> I started X vias startx under the root user.  X was not run prior to
> capturing the first log, since I disabled GDM and usplash.  I did NOT
> reboot between subsequent startx invocations.
> 
> In all cases the screen was black.  Over the VGA cable, I can see an
> xterm and the black and white stipple.
> 
> My screen is a Pioneer PDP-427XDA Plasma connected via a short 1.5m HDMI cable.
> 
> The Pioneer manual lists the following modes for HDMI in a table as follows:
> 1920 x 1080i @ 50Hz

1920x1080i is an interlaced mode which is actually 1920x540.
Currently we don't support interlaced mode, so it may not work.

> 720 x 576p @ 50Hz
> 1280 x 720p @ 50Hz
> 720(1440) x 576i @ 50Hz
> 1920 x 1080i @ 59.94 Hz/60Hz
> 720 x 480p @ 59.94 Hz/60Hz
> 1280 x 720p @ 59.94 Hz/60Hz
> 720(1440) x 480i 59.94 Hz/60Hz
> 1920 x 1080p @ 24Hz
> 
> Hope that helps,
> Mike.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 2:13 PM, Hong Liu <hong.liu at intel.com> wrote:
> > Parsing EDID data is in X server, Intel driver just fetches the EDID
> > data block from monitor and passes this data to X server for parsing.
> >
> > Would you please attach your Xorg log with Option modedebug turned on?
> >
> > On Mon, 2008-05-19 at 22:08 +0800, Mike Wright wrote:
> >> One quick question, does the Intel driver support parsing EDID ver 1.3
> >> over HDMI?  The reason I ask is that I just checked my X.org.log and
> >> the decoded EDID in log listed 1920x540 interlaced as the only
> >> available mode. This looks wrong as the plasma manual does not list
> >> this mode as a supported mode. I can post my EDID block if needed.
> >> I'll also try to decode it by hand.
> >>
> >> Mike
> >>
> >>
> >> On 5/19/08, Mike Wright <bodyjarrocks at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > Gordon,
> >> >
> >> > Thanks very for your efforts Gordon and team.  If I can get some
> >> > stable behaviour i'll submit a bug report.  I'm glad your team has the
> >> > board :-)
> >> >
> >> > Mike.
> >> >
> >> > On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 3:00 PM, Jin, Gordon <gordon.jin at intel.com> wrote:
> >> >> 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
> >> >>
> >> >
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