From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Oliver Seitz Subject: Re: Specific resolution without monitor Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 15:44:35 +0200 Message-ID: <4FB500C3.6080600@vtnd.de> References: <4FB404A7.40109@cbnco.com> <4FB48B1E.3010807@vtnd.de> <20120517115637.GF723@yuggoth.org> <4FB4FEC4.6060905@cbnco.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from srv6.berlinhosting.de (srv6.berlinhosting.de [87.118.86.113]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A2DA9EB68 for ; Thu, 17 May 2012 06:44:39 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4FB4FEC4.6060905@cbnco.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: intel-gfx-bounces+gcfxdi-intel-gfx=m.gmane.org@lists.freedesktop.org Errors-To: intel-gfx-bounces+gcfxdi-intel-gfx=m.gmane.org@lists.freedesktop.org To: intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org List-Id: intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org Am 17.05.2012 15:36, schrieb Carl Hunter: > On 5/17/2012 7:56 AM, The Fungi wrote: >> On 2012-05-17 07:22:38 +0200 (+0200), Oliver Seitz wrote: >> [...] >>> But, if a monitor is connected but turned off, the monitor should >>> be configured anyway. The EDID transmitting device inside the >>> monitor is powered by the computer. >> [...] >> >> This is unfortunately not always the case. For example, one of my >> computers is used as an HTPC and its monitor is an early generation >> Sony HDTV connected via HDMI. It *does* respond to EDID requests, >> but only when powered on and switched to that specific input. > This is my problem too. So basically there's no solution to this with > the Intel driver? For what I know, the solution is to modify/add/replace hardware. There have been options to forcefully enable outputs and set resolutions, but they have been revoked in fear of people using them without sufficient knowledge. Greets, Kiste