[Intel-gfx] G45 user experience

[Keith Packard]

On Fri, 2008-11-07 at 09:32 -0800, Shane Wegner wrote:

> When I connect the HDMI on the mainboard directly to my
> Insignia TV, X seems to do the right thing.  Comes up in
> 1200x720.  However, when connecting to my Yamaha RX-V1800
> receiver which in-turn connects to the TV, Resolution is
> 720X480.  It does however show a picture which is better
> than I could get with the G35 through the AMP.  Adding a
> custom ModeLine does seem to fix this though.

Sounds like the system isn't passing DDC along, a fairly common issue.
Turn on ModeDebug in your xorg.conf file and post that to a bugzilla
entry should let someone check that case.

> The other issue is sound output but only under X.  When I
> am at the console, I can play audio through the HDMI port
> under ALSA using subdevice 3.  2-channel PCM and AC3 hapily
> stream to the receiver.  However, once X is started, sound
> through the HDMI stops.  Not sure whether that's an Intel
> GFX issue or one with ALSA, probably both.

There are recent patches posted to xorg@ and intel-gfx@ which add HDMI
audio support to the X server and driver.

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keith.packard at intel.com
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