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

[Jani Nikula]

On Sat, 21 Nov 2020, Paul Gardiner <lists at glidos.net> wrote:
> 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?

I think it should probably be HDMI-1 with the hyphen; is that a typo
above or in the command line you used?

BR,
Jani.


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Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Graphics Center