Bug#514301: xserver-xorg-video-radeon: ignores existing EDID from ACPI BIOS even when DDC fails
- To: Nikolaus Schulz <microschulz@web.de>, 514301@bugs.debian.org
- Cc: Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@gmail.com>
- Subject: Bug#514301: xserver-xorg-video-radeon: ignores existing EDID from ACPI BIOS even when DDC fails
- From: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
- Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 18:39:06 +0100
- Message-id: <[🔎] 20110221173906.GA479@debian.org>
- Reply-to: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>, 514301@bugs.debian.org
- In-reply-to: <20090208170738.GA30612@luigi.zusammrottung.local>
- References: <20090206022201.14935.78006.reportbug@luigi.zusammrottung.local> <a728f9f90902061722w237267a4l8408d6e8a10ee694@mail.gmail.com> <20090207021609.GA29867@luigi.zusammrottung.local> <a728f9f90902070819q7bd14856m8b59dbe249a88915@mail.gmail.com> <20090208170738.GA30612@luigi.zusammrottung.local>
Hi Nikolaus,
Nikolaus Schulz <microschulz@web.de> (08/02/2009):
> Thanks. IIUIC, the APCI BIOS may offer the _DDC method to retrieve
> the EDID, and it seems to me that on my machine, it's the only way
> to get it. (Disclaimer: I only learned about this whole DDC and
> video BIOS thing while examing my problem, so forgive me if I'm
> talking pure BS here. :-) So I think X should check if that _DDC
> method is present in the BIOS, or just parse
> /proc/acpi/video/VID/LCD0/EDID, or whatever, but not miss a complete
> and valid EDID like it apparently does right now.
could you please tell us how it goes with the X stack in squeeze, sid,
or experimental?
KiBi.
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