Bringing up xf86-video-intel 2.2.1 without a monitor connected

[Jesse Barnes]

On Tuesday, March 18, 2008 5:58 am Barry Scott wrote:
> Simon Farnsworth wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > We've recently upgraded to the 2.2.1 version of the intel driver (from
> > git b31bef1a8effa9acb6de7edd206b9d8c48d88144), and now find that we
> > must plug a monitor into our systems in order to get them to start X.
> >
> > I can't see any changes in the code that would cause this, although
> > there has been quite a lot of churn in that area.
> >
> > Adding a modeline hasn't helped; I've attached my config file and
> > Xorg.log in the hope that someone knows what I need to do to fix things.
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>
> This is a regression from the earlier Intel driver behaviour that is
> very important to us.
> Our user often power up before connecting VGA cables.
>
> We are happy to develop a patch to fix this regression. But would
> appreciate being
> pointed in the right general area.

Yeah, I can't think of any commits offhand that might have caused this either.  
Can you bisect the driver down to the offending commit?  Also, is there a bug 
filed for the issue?

Thanks,
Jesse