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Subject: Re: Re: EDID autodetection fail, whom to blame?
From: younes.m () gmail ! com
Date: 2011-01-21 16:01:30
Message-ID: 90e6ba53a74411842b049a5d5de0 () google ! com
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On , Ben Skeggs <skeggsb@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-01-19 at 16:47 +0000, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 04:12:15PM +0100, Atilla Filiz wrote:
> > > Some of the newer Sony Vaio laptops with Nvidia GPUs show a totally
> black
> > > screen when X starts with the propiatery drivers. A workaround is to
> dump
> > > the EDID of the LCD panel into a file and use an xorg.conf file to
> force X
> > > to use custom EDID. This time, system console(the one you reach via
> > > ctrl+alt-f) go blank.
> > > Nouveau works without problems.
> > > What would be the proper solution to this problem? Is it a fault
> > > correctable by Xorg or are Nvidia people to be contacted to resolve
> this?
> >
> > nvidia need to add support for requesting the EDID via ACPI.
> The recent versions of NVIDIA's driver should support this OK from what
> I can tell, I don't have the effected hardware to say for sure.
Latest 260.xx doesn't need the EDID file and it doesn't crash like earlier
260.xx, but VTs are still broken after X starts. I think some other Sony
models are still seeing crashes though.
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On , Ben Skeggs <skeggsb@gmail.com> wrote:<br />> On Wed, 2011-01-=
19 at 16:47 +0000, Matthew Garrett wrote:<br />> <br />> > On Mon,=
Jan 17, 2011 at 04:12:15PM +0100, Atilla Filiz wrote:<br />> <br />>=
> > =A0 =A0Some of the newer Sony Vaio laptops with Nvidia GPUs show=
a totally black<br />> <br />> > > =A0 =A0screen when X starts=
with the propiatery drivers. A workaround is to dump<br />> <br />> =
> > =A0 =A0the EDID of the LCD panel into a file and use an xorg.conf=
file to force X<br />> <br />> > > =A0 =A0to use custom EDID. =
This time, system console(the one you reach via<br />> <br />> > &=
gt; =A0 =A0ctrl+alt-f) go blank.<br />> <br />> > > =A0 =A0Nouv=
eau works without problems.<br />> <br />> > > =A0 =A0What woul=
d be the proper solution to this problem? Is it a fault<br />> <br />>=
; > > =A0 =A0correctable by Xorg or are Nvidia people to be contacted=
to resolve this?<br />> <br />> ><br />> <br />> > nvidi=
a need to add support for requesting the EDID via ACPI.<br />> <br />>=
; The recent versions of NVIDIA's driver should support this OK from wh=
at<br />> <br />> I can tell, I don't have the effected hardware =
to say for sure.<br /><br />Latest 260.xx doesn't need the EDID file an=
d it doesn't crash like earlier 260.xx, but VTs are still broken after =
X starts. I think some other Sony models are still seeing crashes though.
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