how to ignore monitor's EDID?

Tomasz Chmielewski mangoo at wpkg.org
Sun Dec 28 08:31:49 PST 2008


Tomasz Chmielewski schrieb:

>>> I even added:
>>>
>>>     Option "PanelSize" "1280x1024"
>>>
>>> but it doesn't make any difference - X starts in 1024x768.
>>>
>>> So - how can I start X in 1280x1024 when I use "IgnoreEDID"    "on" option?
>> Did you keep this line?
>> modeline        "1280x1024 at lcd" 108 1280 1326 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066
> 
> I didn't have it - but I added it and it made no difference.
> 
> 
>> AFAIK EDID tells the card about supported modes and timings. Without it you need
>> a manual modeline.

Adding

	Option 		"PreferredMode" "1280x1024"

to the monitor section did the trick.


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Tomasz Chmielewski
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