[Intel-gfx] Intel KMS and custom modelines?

[ykzhao]

On Fri, 2009-09-04 at 14:24 +0800, David Härdeman wrote:
> I recently bought a HDMI capable receiver and now I have my Intel G45 
> based HTPC connected through the receiver to my LCD tv using HDMI 
> instead of a direct connection to the TV. This has brought loads of fun.
> 
> During X.org startup I experience the following problems:
Can you confirm whether it can work well under UMS mode?
Will you please attach the xorg.log under the following two cases?
Please test it in UMS mode.
Thanks.
> 
> a) Receiver off, tv off
> 
> No connected devices detected, x.org refuses to start (fixed by applying 
> the patch from https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14611). Is 
> there any progress in getting that patch committed to the x.org git 
> repo?

> 
> b) Receiver on, tv off
> 
> Receiver sends bogus edid information (a 1080i mode which the server 
> seems to misinterpret as 1920x540), fixed by using a custom xorg.conf 
> with sane modelines (attached).
> 
> Because of a) and b), I can't use kernel modesetting. Is there any way 
> to force the use of a particular output (as in bug 14611) and a custom 
> modeline with KMS?
>