Intel 2.0.0 Driver : Override device detection?
sean
seandarcy2 at gmail.com
Tue Jun 26 16:41:20 PDT 2007
Keith Packard wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-06-25 at 11:49 +0200, Clemens Koller wrote:
>
>> This is not true for every device. It depends on the manufacturer if he
>> wires the +5V (or +3.3V) from the VGA Cable to the Monitor's EEPROM or
>> uses some internal power supply for it.
>
> The DDC/EDID specs require that the EEPROM be available even if the
> device is powered down. Every monitor I have even works when unplugged,
> but I'm not sure that is a requirement. Might be interesting to
> experiment to check.
>
FWIW, my Vizio GL42, a 42" LCD has this problem. If not ON,
EDID doesn't see it and I can't specify 1366x768.
sean
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