[Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915: Override disabling LVDS on lid closure

[Eric Anholt]

On Tue,  9 Feb 2010 12:54:17 +0000, Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk> wrote:
> In order to conserve space, my test machines have their lids closed. This
> has the unfortunate consequence that on some machines the LVDS is
> disable, resulting in no connected scanout triggering further complaints
> from programs that demand an output! Workaround these obstinate programs
> by providing a command line option to ignore the lid status and thereby
> force the output to be connected.

Can't you just tell your X to suck it up and use a fixed mode?
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