Re: X EDID reads fail after recent sid update
On 2011-04-21 05:54 +0200, Joe Neal wrote:
> I recently upgraded my sid box with a Gforce 8600. Following a reboot
> the binary nvidia drivers would only give me a screen resolution so
> small it was unusable and nouveau failed to find any usable resolutions
> at all. Analysis of recent X logs indicated that in the case of both
> drivers, EDID reads were failing, providing X with no data. When
> testing with a GRML live CD, EDID data was returned using nouveau, so
> this isn't a hardware problem.
>
> Since the problem occurs with both nvidia drivers, it's not a driver
> problem. Since EDID reads work properly with the GRML live CD it's not
> a hardware problem. I don't think any X packages have been upgraded at
> all since the last boot that could have caused the problem. I'm at a
> loss as to where the problem is coming from.
>
> Any guesses?
I don't really have an idea myself, but some people reported a problem
with corrupted EDID on https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34554.
The information in that bug may be useful.
Sven
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