Intel 2.0.0 Driver : Override device detection?

[Mourad De Clerck]

On 28/06/07 02:16, Keith Packard wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-06-27 at 22:58 +0100, Stephen Williams wrote:
>> On 6/27/07, sean <seandarcy2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> FWIW, my Vizio GL42, a 42" LCD has this problem. If not ON,
>>> EDID doesn't see it and I can't specify 1366x768.
>> Which leads back to an earlier comment. Automatic detection is great
>> and is suitable 99% of the time, but couldn't / shouldn't the driver
>> offer some override options.
> 
> Yes, the driver provides options that let you completely configure
> things and override any auto-detection. Everything from monitor presence
> to mode lines.

Maybe it'd be worthwile to dump the EDID to disk (var/lib/x11?), and
reuse the last known good EDID if the EDID can't be detected on
subsequent xserver startups?

-- M