On 06.07.2014 15:09, poma wrote:
On 04.07.2014 23:06, Tom Horsley wrote:
> On Fri, 04 Jul 2014 22:58:27 +0200
> lee wrote:
>
>> Huh? You can't just specify a resolution in xorg.conf anymore?
>
> Nope. After proudly ignoring EDID for 20 years, linux switched
> gears completely. Now it basically pays no attention to anything
> you have to say in xorg.conf (though you can occasionally
> put little fragments of things it is willing to look at in
> the xorg.conf.d directory for maybe doing things like tweaking
> options in the video driver).
>
Section "Device"
Identifier "card"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "monitor"
Option "PreferredMode" "<xres>x<yres>"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "card"
Monitor "monitor"
EndSection
"<xres>x<yres>" is one from the built-in set of VESA standard
modes, which is normally sufficient.
However, if someone needs a non-standard mode, it can be supplied as 'ModeLine'
as part of the Section "Monitor".
There may be additional directives, but the point is this works with a broken EDID.
Therefore this is another solution.
Actually, I just checked, no need for the Section "Device",
so this could be a bare minimum for the selected resolution.
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "monitor"
Option "PreferredMode" "<xres>x<yres>"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "monitor"
EndSection
poma