[Intel-gfx] Does the intel driver support faking a connected monitor?

[Jani Nikula]

On Thu, 29 Oct 2020, Paul Gardiner <lists at glidos.net> wrote:
> I use an open source DVR called MythTV. I've just swapped from using 
> nvidia graphics to intel graphics. Generally it's working great, but 
> I've run into one thing I used to do with the old system that I cannot 
> find out how to achieve with the new.
>
> MythTV doesn't currently entirely handle starting without a TV 
> connected. With nvidia graphics I could specify, within the X config, 
> the "ConnectMonitor" and "CustomEDID" options to fool MythTV into 
> thinking there was a TV. With intel graphics I can load EDID, but so far 
> I haven't discovered an equivalent of the "ConnectedMonitor" option.

Sorry for the delay, I seem to have missed this.

Please try a kernel command-line parameter to force enable the
connector.

video=TV-1:e

Assuming the connector name is "TV-1"; replace with whatever you have.


BR,
Jani.


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Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Graphics Center