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

[Paul Gardiner]

On 17/11/2020 14:52, Jani Nikula wrote:
> 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.


Thanks for the reply. I gave that a try, in my case "video=HDMI1:e", but 
saw no difference. That's KMS, right? Is there anything I might have 
failed to install or enable that KMS relies on? Are there any logs I 
should monitor?